diff --git a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 ActorDef.lua b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 ActorDef.lua
index 1c9d1d99a5..2ce2f98b54 100644
--- a/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 ActorDef.lua	
+++ b/Themes/_fallback/Scripts/02 ActorDef.lua	
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ function ShowStandardDecoration( MetricsName )
 	return THEME:GetMetric(Var "LoadingScreen","Show"..MetricsName)
 end
 
+--blank actor because these come in handy from time to time
+NullActor = { Class="Actor", _Source="(null actor)" }
 
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