diff --git a/app/templates/employers.jade b/app/templates/employers.jade
index 05cfe7f72..7f99c81ed 100644
--- a/app/templates/employers.jade
+++ b/app/templates/employers.jade
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ block content
       p.lead Want to hire expert CodeCombat players?
 
       p
-        | CodeCombat doesn't just have beginners. We also have expert software developers who play our
+        | CodeCombat doesn't just have beginners. We also have expert software developers who play our 
         a(href="http://blog.codecombat.com/beat-this-level-get-a-programming-job") developer challenge levels
         | . If your company is seeking technical talent, then we'd be happy to help place candidates with you.
 
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/thang_avatar_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/thang_avatar_view.coffee
index 40dece4f1..cd57bfec2 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/thang_avatar_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/thang_avatar_view.coffee
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangAvatarView extends View
     @$el.toggleClass 'selected', Boolean(selected)
 
   onProblemsUpdated: (e) ->
-    return unless @thang.id of e.spell.thangs
+    return unless @thang?.id of e.spell.thangs
     myProblems = []
     for thangID, spellThang of e.spell.thangs when thangID is @thang.id
       #aether = if e.isCast and spellThang.castAether then spellThang.castAether else spellThang.aether