diff --git a/code/modules/instruments/songs/play_legacy.dm b/code/modules/instruments/songs/play_legacy.dm
index 9d7ba493d4a..bd964765cb1 100644
--- a/code/modules/instruments/songs/play_legacy.dm
+++ b/code/modules/instruments/songs/play_legacy.dm
@@ -86,5 +86,8 @@
 			var/mob/living/L = M
 			L.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_GOOD_MUSIC)
 		*/
+		if(!M)
+			hearing_mobs -= M
+			continue
 		M.playsound_local(source, null, volume * using_instrument.volume_multiplier, S = music_played, preference = /datum/client_preference/instrument_toggle, volume_channel = VOLUME_CHANNEL_INSTRUMENTS)
 		// Could do environment and echo later but not for now
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
index 6a60ec04484..f5dd0d3aca0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ emp_act
 			return
 		// PERSON BEING HIT: CAN BE DROP PRED, ALLOWS THROW VORE.
 		// PERSON BEING THROWN: DEVOURABLE, ALLOWS THROW VORE, CAN BE DROP PREY.
-		if((can_be_drop_pred && throw_vore) && (thrown_mob.devourable && thrown_mob.throw_vore && thrown_mob.can_be_drop_prey)) //Prey thrown into pred.
+		if((can_be_drop_pred && throw_vore && vore_selected) && (thrown_mob.devourable && thrown_mob.throw_vore && thrown_mob.can_be_drop_prey)) //Prey thrown into pred.
 			vore_selected.nom_mob(thrown_mob) //Eat them!!!
 			visible_message("<span class='warning'>[thrown_mob] is thrown right into [src]'s [lowertext(vore_selected.name)]!</span>")
 			if(thrown_mob.loc != vore_selected)
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ emp_act
 
 		// PERSON BEING HIT: CAN BE DROP PREY, ALLOWS THROW VORE, AND IS DEVOURABLE.
 		// PERSON BEING THROWN: CAN BE DROP PRED, ALLOWS THROW VORE.
-		else if((can_be_drop_prey && throw_vore && devourable) && (thrown_mob.can_be_drop_pred && thrown_mob.throw_vore)) //Pred thrown into prey.
+		else if((can_be_drop_prey && throw_vore && devourable) && (thrown_mob.can_be_drop_pred && thrown_mob.throw_vore && thrown_mob.vore_selected)) //Pred thrown into prey.
 			visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] suddenly slips inside of [thrown_mob]'s [lowertext(thrown_mob.vore_selected.name)] as [thrown_mob] flies into them!</span>")
 			thrown_mob.vore_selected.nom_mob(src) //Eat them!!!
 			if(src.loc != thrown_mob.vore_selected)