diff --git a/src/luaapi.c b/src/luaapi.c
index 2c17fe3..ca1fbc7 100644
--- a/src/luaapi.c
+++ b/src/luaapi.c
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ static int game_addentity(lua_State *L) {
 		
 		setstrstatic("mdl", c.mdl, sizeof(c.mdl));
 		
-		c.cache = k3MdlCopySubs((struct k3Mdl*) resman_ref(RESMAN_MODEL, c.mdl));
+		if(strlen(c.mdl)) {
+			c.cache = k3MdlCopySubs((struct k3Mdl*) resman_ref(RESMAN_MODEL, c.mdl));
+		}
 		
 		game_addcomponent(render, &c);
 	}