diff --git a/src/controllers/api/saveDialogueController.ts b/src/controllers/api/saveDialogueController.ts
index fa5a89cb..dcbd04e2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/saveDialogueController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/saveDialogueController.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ export const saveDialogueController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
         const tomorrowAt0Utc = config.noKimCooldowns
             ? Date.now()
             : (Math.trunc(Date.now() / 86400_000) + 1) * 86400_000;
-        inventory.DialogueHistory ??= {};
-        inventory.DialogueHistory.Dialogues ??= [];
         const dialogue = getDialogue(inventory, request.DialogueName);
         dialogue.Rank = request.Rank;
         dialogue.Chemistry += request.Chemistry;
diff --git a/src/services/inventoryService.ts b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
index c6f16b08..7acd0575 100644
--- a/src/services/inventoryService.ts
+++ b/src/services/inventoryService.ts
@@ -2286,11 +2286,13 @@ export const cleanupInventory = (inventory: TInventoryDatabaseDocument): void =>
 };
 
 export const getDialogue = (inventory: TInventoryDatabaseDocument, dialogueName: string): IDialogueDatabase => {
-    let dialogue = inventory.DialogueHistory!.Dialogues!.find(x => x.DialogueName == dialogueName);
+    inventory.DialogueHistory ??= {};
+    inventory.DialogueHistory.Dialogues ??= [];
+    let dialogue = inventory.DialogueHistory.Dialogues.find(x => x.DialogueName == dialogueName);
     if (!dialogue) {
         dialogue =
-            inventory.DialogueHistory!.Dialogues![
-                inventory.DialogueHistory!.Dialogues!.push({
+            inventory.DialogueHistory.Dialogues[
+                inventory.DialogueHistory.Dialogues.push({
                     Rank: 0,
                     Chemistry: 0,
                     AvailableDate: new Date(0),