diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/tome_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/tome_view.coffee
index e4cacc120..558e8cdc4 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/tome_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/tome_view.coffee
@@ -55,10 +55,15 @@ module.exports = class TomeView extends View
   afterRender: ->
     super()
     programmableThangs = _.filter @options.thangs, 'isProgrammable'
-    @createSpells programmableThangs  # Do before spellList, thangList, and castButton
-    @spellList = @insertSubView new SpellListView spells: @spells, supermodel: @supermodel
-    @thangList = @insertSubView new ThangListView spells: @spells, thangs: @options.thangs, supermodel: @supermodel
-    @castButton = @insertSubView new CastButtonView spells: @spells
+    
+    if programmableThangs.length
+      @createSpells programmableThangs  # Do before spellList, thangList, and castButton
+      @spellList = @insertSubView new SpellListView spells: @spells, supermodel: @supermodel
+      @thangList = @insertSubView new ThangListView spells: @spells, thangs: @options.thangs, supermodel: @supermodel
+      @castButton = @insertSubView new CastButtonView spells: @spells
+    else
+      @cast()
+      console.log "Warning: There are no Programmable Thangs in this level, which makes it unplayable."
 
   createSpells: (programmableThangs) ->
     # If needed, we could make this able to update when programmableThangs changes.