From 653e9e8c72c5ed4a36e0723f5b8bd076e13811eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Burzah <116982774+Burzah@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 03:46:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Runtime fix (#30020)

---
 code/datums/chatmessage.dm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/datums/chatmessage.dm b/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
index cbb4da95f5a..91b8f47ef5c 100644
--- a/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
+++ b/code/datums/chatmessage.dm
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
 	// Translate any existing messages upwards, apply exponential decay factors to timers
 	message_loc = target
-	if(owned_by.seen_messages)
+	if(owned_by?.seen_messages)
 		var/idx = 1
 		var/combined_height = approx_lines
 		for(var/datum/chatmessage/m as anything in owned_by.seen_messages[message_loc])