diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
index 71417d1cc6..f538d4a7d9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/IPC/FileBasedIPC.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Microsoft.Win32;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Framework.Threading;
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.IPC
                             using (var stream = IPCStorage.GetStream(file_ipc_filename))
                             using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
                             {
-                                var beatmapId = int.Parse(sr.ReadLine());
-                                var mods = int.Parse(sr.ReadLine());
+                                var beatmapId = int.Parse(sr.ReadLine().AsNonNull());
+                                var mods = int.Parse(sr.ReadLine().AsNonNull());
 
                                 if (lastBeatmapId != beatmapId)
                                 {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.IPC
                             using (var stream = IPCStorage.GetStream(file_ipc_state_filename))
                             using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
                             {
-                                State.Value = (TourneyState)Enum.Parse(typeof(TourneyState), sr.ReadLine());
+                                State.Value = (TourneyState)Enum.Parse(typeof(TourneyState), sr.ReadLine().AsNonNull());
                             }
                         }
                         catch (Exception)