diff --git a/ansible/geninv.sh b/ansible/geninv.sh
index b1692cc..9506a1a 100755
--- a/ansible/geninv.sh
+++ b/ansible/geninv.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ declare -A groups
 
 while read type x hosts; do
     readarray -d, -t ips < <(printf "${hosts}")
+    
+    # Skip hosts that have an empty string
+    [[ "${hosts}" == "\"\"" ]] && continue
 
     if [[ "${type}" == *-* ]]; then
         groups[${type%%-*}]+=" ${type#*-} "
diff --git a/ssh/genconf.sh b/ssh/genconf.sh
index 7f34bc9..be674ea 100755
--- a/ssh/genconf.sh
+++ b/ssh/genconf.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ EOF
 while read type x hosts; do
     [ -z "${hosts}" ] && continue
 
+    # Skip hosts that have an empty string
+    [[ "${hosts}" == "\"\"" ]] && continue
+    # Remove quotes from the hosts string
+    hosts=`echo $hosts | sed -s "s/^\(\(\"\(.*\)\"\)\|\('\(.*\)'\)\)\$/\\3\\5/g"`
+    
     readarray -d, -t ips < <(printf "${hosts}")
 
     for i in "${!ips[@]}"; do