From 6bca4ffdff38c0ba68a00529aa0ba57889aba105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tenplus1 <kinsellaja@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:11:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added missing nil check

---
 init.lua | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index beef2db..fdebd2c 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -177,8 +177,10 @@ local protector_formspec = function(meta)
 				checkbox_faction = true
 			end
 		else
-			if next(factions.get_player_faction(meta:get_string("owner"))) then
-				checkbox_faction = true
+			if factions.get_player_factions(meta:get_string("owner")) ~= nil then
+				if next(factions.get_player_faction(meta:get_string("owner"))) then
+					checkbox_faction = true
+				end
 			end
 		end
 	end