diff --git a/src/controllers/api/syndicateSacrificeController.ts b/src/controllers/api/syndicateSacrificeController.ts
index fd385999..2dc1d67d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/syndicateSacrificeController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/syndicateSacrificeController.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { handleStoreItemAcquisition } from "@/src/services/purchaseService";
 import { addMiscItems, combineInventoryChanges, getInventory, updateCurrency } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
 import { IInventoryChanges } from "@/src/types/purchaseTypes";
 import { isStoreItem, toStoreItem } from "@/src/services/itemDataService";
+import { logger } from "@/src/utils/logger";
+
+const nightwaveCredsItemType = ExportNightwave.rewards[ExportNightwave.rewards.length - 1].uniqueName;
 
 export const syndicateSacrificeController: RequestHandler = async (request, response) => {
     const accountId = await getAccountIdForRequest(request);
@@ -74,10 +77,14 @@ export const syndicateSacrificeController: RequestHandler = async (request, resp
             if (!isStoreItem(rewardType)) {
                 rewardType = toStoreItem(rewardType);
             }
-            combineInventoryChanges(
-                res.InventoryChanges,
-                (await handleStoreItemAcquisition(rewardType, inventory, reward.itemCount)).InventoryChanges
-            );
+            const rewardInventoryChanges = (await handleStoreItemAcquisition(rewardType, inventory, reward.itemCount))
+                .InventoryChanges;
+            if (Object.keys(rewardInventoryChanges).length == 0) {
+                logger.debug(`nightwave rank up reward did not seem to get added, giving 50 creds instead`);
+                rewardInventoryChanges.MiscItems = [{ ItemType: nightwaveCredsItemType, ItemCount: 50 }];
+                addMiscItems(inventory, rewardInventoryChanges.MiscItems);
+            }
+            combineInventoryChanges(res.InventoryChanges, rewardInventoryChanges);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/inventoryService.ts b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
index 84984dc9..a9176e0b 100644
--- a/src/services/inventoryService.ts
+++ b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
@@ -1236,12 +1236,16 @@ export const addSkin = (
     typeName: string,
     inventoryChanges: IInventoryChanges = {}
 ): IInventoryChanges => {
-    const index = inventory.WeaponSkins.push({ ItemType: typeName, IsNew: true }) - 1;
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
-    inventoryChanges.WeaponSkins ??= [];
-    (inventoryChanges.WeaponSkins as IWeaponSkinClient[]).push(
-        inventory.WeaponSkins[index].toJSON<IWeaponSkinClient>()
-    );
+    if (inventory.WeaponSkins.find(x => x.ItemType == typeName)) {
+        logger.debug(`refusing to add WeaponSkin ${typeName} because account already owns it`);
+    } else {
+        const index = inventory.WeaponSkins.push({ ItemType: typeName, IsNew: true }) - 1;
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+        inventoryChanges.WeaponSkins ??= [];
+        (inventoryChanges.WeaponSkins as IWeaponSkinClient[]).push(
+            inventory.WeaponSkins[index].toJSON<IWeaponSkinClient>()
+        );
+    }
     return inventoryChanges;
 };