diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index cef09f8d..8be75718 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class Item < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :dyeworks_variants, class_name: "Item",
     inverse_of: :dyeworks_base_item
 
+  validates_presence_of :name, :description, :thumbnail_url, :rarity, :price,
+    :zones_restrict
 
   attr_writer :current_body_id, :owned, :wanted
 
diff --git a/app/models/item/dyeworks.rb b/app/models/item/dyeworks.rb
index 06a07109..79a7b9de 100644
--- a/app/models/item/dyeworks.rb
+++ b/app/models/item/dyeworks.rb
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Item
 			)\z
 		}x
 		def inferred_dyeworks_base_item
-			name_match = name.match(DYEWORKS_NAME_PATTERN)
+			name_match = (name || "").match(DYEWORKS_NAME_PATTERN)
 			return nil if name_match.nil?
 
 			Item.find_by_name(name_match["base"])