diff --git a/lib/gollum/page.rb b/lib/gollum/page.rb
index 4ef8d1bc..67e87cb6 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/page.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/page.rb
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ module Gollum
     #
     # Returns a Gollum::Page or nil if the page could not be found.
     def find_page_in_tree(map, name, checked_dir = nil)
-      return nil if name.blank?
+      return nil if name.to_s.empty?
       if checked_dir = BlobEntry.normalize_dir(checked_dir)
         checked_dir.downcase!
       end
 
       map.each do |entry|
-        next if entry.name.blank?
+        next if entry.name.to_s.empty?
         next unless checked_dir.nil? || entry.dir.downcase == checked_dir
         next unless page_match(name, entry.name)
         return entry.page(@wiki, @version)