diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IServerUpdateExecutor.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IServerUpdateExecutor.cs
index 9a1ea2d011..c2bf6f2090 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IServerUpdateExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IServerUpdateExecutor.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-#nullable disable
-
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 {
 	/// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
index b1432bc816..b832be6e87 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host
 
 			CheckSanity(true);
 
+			if (updatePath == null)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException("Tried to start update when server was initialized without an updatePath set!");
+
 			var logger = this.logger!;
 			logger.LogTrace("Begin ApplyUpdate...");