diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a59d692..3fcc6da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.struchkov.godfather</groupId>
     <artifactId>telegram-bot</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.18</version>
+    <version>0.0.19</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/telegram-core/pom.xml b/telegram-core/pom.xml
index af92a34..2bf536b 100644
--- a/telegram-core/pom.xml
+++ b/telegram-core/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>dev.struchkov.godfather</groupId>
         <artifactId>telegram-bot</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.18</version>
+        <version>0.0.19</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>telegram-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/telegram-core/src/main/java/dev/struchkov/godfather/telegram/listen/EventDistributorService.java b/telegram-core/src/main/java/dev/struchkov/godfather/telegram/listen/EventDistributorService.java
index 0e8f25c..18b00f0 100644
--- a/telegram-core/src/main/java/dev/struchkov/godfather/telegram/listen/EventDistributorService.java
+++ b/telegram-core/src/main/java/dev/struchkov/godfather/telegram/listen/EventDistributorService.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.CallbackQuery;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.ChatMemberUpdated;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.Message;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.Update;
+import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.User;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class EventDistributorService implements EventDistributor {
     private boolean isEvent(Message message) {
         return message.getChannelChatCreated() != null
                 || message.getDeleteChatPhoto() != null
-                || message.getNewChatMembers() != null
+                || isNewChatMember(message.getNewChatMembers())
                 || message.getNewChatTitle() != null
                 || message.getNewChatPhoto() != null
                 || message.getVideoChatEnded() != null
@@ -74,6 +75,14 @@ public class EventDistributorService implements EventDistributor {
                 || message.getVideoChatStarted() != null;
     }
 
+    private boolean isNewChatMember(List<User> newChatMembers) {
+        if (newChatMembers == null) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return !newChatMembers.isEmpty();
+        }
+    }
+
     private Optional<List<EventProvider>> getEventProvider(String type) {
         return Optional.ofNullable(eventProviderMap.get(type));
     }