diff --git a/code/artifact.js b/code/artifact.js
index 28b61b3a..8c88fefe 100644
--- a/code/artifact.js
+++ b/code/artifact.js
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ window.artifact.processResult = function (portals) {
   for (var guid in portals) {
     var ent = portals[guid];
     var data = decodeArray.portalSummary(ent);
+    
+    if (!data.artifactBrief) {
+      // 2/12/2017 - Shard removed from a portal leaves it in artifact results but has no artifactBrief
+      continue;
+    }
 
     // we no longer know the faction for the target portals, and we don't know which fragment numbers are at the portals
     // all we know, from the portal summary data, for each type of artifact, is that each artifact portal is
diff --git a/code/map_data_request.js b/code/map_data_request.js
index 514eabd8..6bcabf1c 100644
--- a/code/map_data_request.js
+++ b/code/map_data_request.js
@@ -65,15 +65,17 @@ window.MapDataRequest = function() {
 
   this.REFRESH_CLOSE = 300;  // refresh time to use for close views z>12 when not idle and not moving
   this.REFRESH_FAR = 900;  // refresh time for far views z <= 12
-  this.FETCH_TO_REFRESH_FACTOR = 2;  //minumum refresh time is based on the time to complete a data fetch, times this value
+  this.FETCH_TO_REFRESH_FACTOR = 2;  //minimum refresh time is based on the time to complete a data fetch, times this value
 
   // ensure we have some initial map status
   this.setStatus ('startup', undefined, -1);
 
-  // add a portalDetailLoaded hook, so we can use the exteneed details to update portals on the map
+  // add a portalDetailLoaded hook, so we can use the extended details to update portals on the map
   var _this = this;
-  addHook('portalDetailLoaded',function(data){
-    _this.render.processGameEntities([data.ent]);
+  addHook('portalDetailLoaded', function(data){
+    if(data.success) {
+      _this.render.processGameEntities([data.ent]);
+    }
   });
 
 }