diff --git a/Runtime/HumanoidFree/Scripts/Networking/HumanoidNetworking.cs b/Runtime/HumanoidFree/Scripts/Networking/HumanoidNetworking.cs
index 32f0d39..e05bf8b 100644
--- a/Runtime/HumanoidFree/Scripts/Networking/HumanoidNetworking.cs
+++ b/Runtime/HumanoidFree/Scripts/Networking/HumanoidNetworking.cs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace Passer.Humanoid {
             public string name;
             public string avatarPrefabName;
             public bool physics;
-            public string possessionLocation = null;
+            public string possessionLocation = "";
 #if RemoteAvatarBundles
             public int remoteAvatarBundleSize;
             public byte[] remoteAvatarBundle;
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ namespace Passer.Humanoid {
                 avatarPrefabName = br.ReadString();
                 physics = br.ReadBoolean();
                 possessionLocation = br.ReadString();
+                if (possessionLocation == "")
+                    possessionLocation = null;
 #if RemoteAvatarBundles
                 remoteAvatarBundleSize = br.ReadInt32();
                 remoteAvatarBundle = br.ReadBytes(remoteAvatarBundleSize);