diff --git a/client/src/events.jsx b/client/src/events.jsx
index b09cb57c..66832af9 100644
--- a/client/src/events.jsx
+++ b/client/src/events.jsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function registerEvents(store) {
                 // stop fetching the game state til animations are done
                 const newRes = game.resolved.slice(currentGame.resolved.length);
                 return eachSeries(newRes, (r, cb) => {
-                    if (!r.event) return cb;
+                    if (!r.event || r.stages === '') return cb;
                     const timeout = animations.getTime(r.stages);
                     const anims = animations.getObjects(r, game, account);
                     const text = animations.getText(r);