diff --git a/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.cpp b/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.cpp
index c1b0bf056..03fadb990 100644
--- a/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "console/simDictionary.h"
 #include "console/simBase.h"
 
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 extern U32 HashPointer(StringTableEntry e);
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ SimNameDictionary::~SimNameDictionary()
 
 void SimNameDictionary::insert(SimObject* obj)
 {
-   if(!obj->objectName)
+   if(!obj || !obj->objectName)
       return;
 
    SimObject* checkForDup = find(obj->objectName);
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ SimObject* SimNameDictionary::find(StringTableEntry name)
 
 void SimNameDictionary::remove(SimObject* obj)
 {
-   if(!obj->objectName)
+   if(!obj || !obj->objectName)
       return;
 
    Mutex::lockMutex(mutex);
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ SimManagerNameDictionary::~SimManagerNameDictionary()
 
 void SimManagerNameDictionary::insert(SimObject* obj)
 {
-   if(!obj->objectName)
+   if(!obj || !obj->objectName)
       return;
 
    Mutex::lockMutex(mutex);
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ SimObject* SimManagerNameDictionary::find(StringTableEntry name)
 
 void SimManagerNameDictionary::remove(SimObject* obj)
 {
-   if(!obj->objectName)
+   if(!obj || !obj->objectName)
       return;
 
 #ifndef USE_NEW_SIMDICTIONARY
@@ -316,6 +315,9 @@ SimIdDictionary::~SimIdDictionary()
 
 void SimIdDictionary::insert(SimObject* obj)
 {
+   if (!obj)
+      return;
+
    Mutex::lockMutex(mutex);
 #ifndef USE_NEW_SIMDICTIONARY
    S32 idx = obj->getId() & TableBitMask;
@@ -356,6 +358,9 @@ SimObject* SimIdDictionary::find(S32 id)
 
 void SimIdDictionary::remove(SimObject* obj)
 {
+   if (!obj)
+      return;
+
    Mutex::lockMutex(mutex);
 #ifndef USE_NEW_SIMDICTIONARY
    SimObject **walk = &table[obj->getId() & TableBitMask];
diff --git a/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.h b/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.h
index f32c8b8d0..bbfb0f385 100644
--- a/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.h
+++ b/Engine/source/console/simDictionary.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ class SimObject;
 #include "console/sim.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "core/strings/stringFunctions.h"
-
 struct StringTableEntryHash
 {
    inline size_t operator()(StringTableEntry val) const
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ typedef std::unordered_map<StringTableEntry, SimObject*, StringTableEntryHash, S
 typedef std::unordered_map<SimObjectId, SimObject*> SimObjectIdDictDef;
 #endif
 
-
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// Map of names to SimObjects
 ///