diff --git a/addons/dialogic/Modules/Variable/event_variable.gd b/addons/dialogic/Modules/Variable/event_variable.gd
index f23c347db..c812d4eff 100644
--- a/addons/dialogic/Modules/Variable/event_variable.gd
+++ b/addons/dialogic/Modules/Variable/event_variable.gd
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@ func _execute() -> void:
 				VarValueType.NUMBER, VarValueType.BOOL, VarValueType.EXPRESSION, VarValueType.RANDOM_NUMBER:
 					interpreted_value = dialogic.VAR.get_variable(str(value))
 
-			if operation != Operations.SET and (not str(original_value).is_valid_float() or not str(interpreted_value).is_valid_float()):
+			if operation == Operations.SET:
+				result = interpreted_value
+			elif (DialogicUtil.get_variable_type(name) == DialogicUtil.VarTypes.STRING and _value_type == VarValueType.STRING and interpreted_value and operation == Operations.ADD):
+				result = original_value + interpreted_value
+			elif not str(original_value).is_valid_float() or not str(interpreted_value).is_valid_float():
 				printerr("[Dialogic] Set Variable event failed because one value wasn't a float! [", original_value, ", ",interpreted_value,"]")
 				finish()
 				return
-
-			if operation == Operations.SET:
-				result = interpreted_value
-
 			else:
 				original_value = float(original_value)
 				interpreted_value = float(interpreted_value)
@@ -341,18 +341,15 @@ func _on_variable_editor_pressed() -> void:
 
 
 func update_editor_warning() -> void:
-	if _value_type == VarValueType.STRING and operation != Operations.SET:
+	if _value_type == VarValueType.STRING and operation != Operations.SET and operation != Operations.ADD:
 		ui_update_warning.emit('You cannot do this operation with a string!')
 	elif operation != Operations.SET:
 		var type := DialogicUtil.get_variable_type(name)
 		if not type in [DialogicUtil.VarTypes.INT, DialogicUtil.VarTypes.FLOAT, DialogicUtil.VarTypes.ANY]:
-			ui_update_warning.emit('The selected variable is not a number!')
-		else:
-			ui_update_warning.emit('')
-	else:
-		ui_update_warning.emit('')
-
-
+			if not (type == DialogicUtil.VarTypes.STRING and operation == Operations.ADD and _value_type == VarValueType.STRING):
+				ui_update_warning.emit('The selected variable is not a number!')
+				return
+	ui_update_warning.emit('')
 
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