diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/serializers.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/serializers.dm
index ea696a9a1a..38814e2d9f 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/serializers.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/serializers.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /datum/tgs_message_content/proc/_interop_serialize()
-	return list("text" = text, "embed" = embed._interop_serialize())
+	return list("text" = text, "embed" = embed?._interop_serialize())
 
 /datum/tgs_chat_embed/proc/_interop_serialize()
 	CRASH("Base /proc/interop_serialize called on [type]!")