diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
index 171605f98..808736821 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_view.coffee
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ module.exports = class SpellView extends View
 
   highlightCurrentLine: (flow) =>
     # TODO: move this whole thing into SpellDebugView or somewhere?
-    @highlightComments()
+    @highlightComments() unless @destroyed
     flow ?= @spellThang?.castAether?.flow
     return unless flow
     executed = []