diff --git a/tesseract.lua b/tesseract.lua
index ab42236..33c8369 100644
--- a/tesseract.lua
+++ b/tesseract.lua
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ local function trans_dig(pos, node, digger)
 		return
 	end
 	local pair = fun_caves.db.translocators[tonumber(data.id)]
-	if #pair < 1 then
+	if not pair or #pair < 1 then
 		print('* Fun Caves: low error in translocator storage')
 		return
 	end