diff --git a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
index c6fee28b40..57b9876f15 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
@@ -287,14 +287,18 @@ var/message_delay = 0 // To make sure restarting the recentmessages list is kept
 
 	  /* --- Loop through the receivers and categorize them --- */
 
-		if (R.client && !(R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_RADIO)) //Adminning with 80 people on can be fun when you're trying to talk and all you can hear is radios.
-			continue
+		if (R.client)
+			if(R.client.prefs)
+				if(!(R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_RADIO)) //Adminning with 80 people on can be fun when you're trying to talk and all you can hear is radios.
+					continue
+			else
+				log_debug("Client prefs found to be null in /proc/Broadcast_Message() for mob [R] and client [R.ckey], this should be investigated.")
 
 		if(istype(R, /mob/new_player)) // we don't want new players to hear messages. rare but generates runtimes.
 			continue
 
 		// Ghosts hearing all radio chat don't want to hear syndicate intercepts, they're duplicates
-		if(data == 3 && istype(R, /mob/dead/observer) && R.client && (R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_GHOSTRADIO))
+		if(data == 3 && istype(R, /mob/dead/observer) && R.client && R.client.prefs && (R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_GHOSTRADIO))
 			continue
 
 		// --- Check for compression ---
@@ -490,8 +494,12 @@ var/message_delay = 0 // To make sure restarting the recentmessages list is kept
 
 	  /* --- Loop through the receivers and categorize them --- */
 
-		if (R.client && !(R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_RADIO)) //Adminning with 80 people on can be fun when you're trying to talk and all you can hear is radios.
-			continue
+		if (R.client)
+			if(R.client.prefs)
+				if(!(R.client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_RADIO)) //Adminning with 80 people on can be fun when you're trying to talk and all you can hear is radios.
+					continue
+			else
+				log_debug("Client prefs found to be null in /proc/Broadcast_SimpleMessage() for mob [R] and client [R.ckey], this should be investigated.")
 
 
 		// --- Check for compression ---