diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
index 59343ff0e..c0cdb423b 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/CastButtonView.coffee
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ module.exports = class CastButtonView extends CocoView
   updateLadderSubmissionViews: ->
     @removeSubView subview for key, subview of @subviews when subview instanceof LadderSubmissionView
     placeholder = @$el.find('.ladder-submission-view')
+    return unless placeholder.length
     @ladderSubmissionView = new LadderSubmissionView session: @options.session, level: @options.level, mirrorSession: @mirrorSession
     @insertSubView @ladderSubmissionView, placeholder