diff --git a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
index ff7135f2d..df5b6b28d 100644
--- a/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/LevelLoader.coffee
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
     thangsToLoad = _.uniq( (t.spriteName for t in @world.thangs when t.exists) )
     nameModelTuples = ([thangType.get('name'), thangType] for thangType in @thangNames.models)
     nameModelMap = _.zipObject nameModelTuples
-    @spriteSheetsToBuild = []
+    @spriteSheetsToBuild ?= []
 
     for thangTypeName in thangsToLoad
       thangType = nameModelMap[thangTypeName]
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelLoader extends CocoClass
 
   buildLoop: =>
     someLeft = false
-    for spriteSheetResource, i in @spriteSheetsToBuild
+    for spriteSheetResource, i in @spriteSheetsToBuild ? []
       continue if spriteSheetResource.spriteSheetKeys
       someLeft = true
       thangType = spriteSheetResource.thangType
diff --git a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
index 0ce99bb5f..277f70497 100644
--- a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ module.exports = CocoSprite = class CocoSprite extends CocoClass
     @handledDisplayEvents = {}
     @age = 0
     @stillLoading = true
+    @setNameLabel @thang.id if @thang?.showsName
     if @thangType.isFullyLoaded()
       @setUpSprite()
     else
diff --git a/app/models/Level.coffee b/app/models/Level.coffee
index 31e4ebcd8..a08e814af 100644
--- a/app/models/Level.coffee
+++ b/app/models/Level.coffee
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ module.exports = class Level extends CocoModel
         unless isPhysical
           originalComponent = $.extend true, {}, component
         component.config ?= {}
-        TreemaUtils.populateDefaults(component.config, lc.configSchema, tv4)
+        TreemaUtils.populateDefaults(component.config, lc.configSchema ? {}, tv4)
         @lastType = 'component'
         @lastOriginal = component.original
         unless isPhysical
diff --git a/app/schemas/models/level_component.coffee b/app/schemas/models/level_component.coffee
index 1bf647015..6a4b8fa72 100644
--- a/app/schemas/models/level_component.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/models/level_component.coffee
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ DependencySchema = c.object {
 LevelComponentSchema = c.object {
   title: 'Component'
   description: 'A Component which can affect Thang behavior.'
-  required: ['system', 'name', 'description', 'code', 'dependencies', 'propertyDocumentation', 'codeLanguage']
+  required: ['system', 'name', 'code']
   default:
     system: 'ai'
     name: 'AttacksSelf'
diff --git a/app/templates/account/profile.jade b/app/templates/account/profile.jade
index bbe9daba6..c18a85917 100644
--- a/app/templates/account/profile.jade
+++ b/app/templates/account/profile.jade
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ block content
               if !editing && !myProfile
                 button#contact-candidate.btn.btn-large.btn-inverse.flat-button
                   span(data-i18n="account_profile.contact") Contact
-                  |  #{profile.name.split(' ')[0]}
+                  |  #{(profile.name || user.get('name') || 'Anonymous').split(' ')[0]}
               if me.isAdmin()
                 select#admin-contact.form-control
                   for contact in adminContacts
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/components/NewLevelComponentModal.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/components/NewLevelComponentModal.coffee
index a65b5c921..42db1c6e0 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/components/NewLevelComponentModal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/components/NewLevelComponentModal.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = class NewLevelComponentModal extends ModalView
     component = new LevelComponent()
     component.set 'system', system
     component.set 'name', name
-    component.set 'code', component.get('code').replace(/AttacksSelf/g, name)
+    component.set 'code', component.get('code', true).replace(/AttacksSelf/g, name)
     component.set 'permissions', [{access: 'owner', target: me.id}]  # Private until saved in a published Level
     res = component.save()
     return unless res