diff --git a/src/main/java/emu/grasscutter/server/http/documentation/HandbookHandler.java b/src/main/java/emu/grasscutter/server/http/documentation/HandbookHandler.java
index e4de100e0..f896f2151 100644
--- a/src/main/java/emu/grasscutter/server/http/documentation/HandbookHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/emu/grasscutter/server/http/documentation/HandbookHandler.java
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ public final class HandbookHandler implements Router {
      * found.
      */
     public HandbookHandler() {
+        if (!HANDBOOK.enable) {
+            this.serve = false;
+            return;
+        }
+
         this.handbook = new String(FileUtils.readResource("/html/handbook.html"));
-        this.serve = HANDBOOK.enable && this.handbook.length() > 0;
+        this.serve = !this.handbook.isEmpty();
 
         var server = HANDBOOK.server;
         if (this.serve && server.enforced) {