diff --git a/src/var.rs b/src/var.rs
index 6f822a2..491b5a2 100644
--- a/src/var.rs
+++ b/src/var.rs
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ pub fn load_prefs() -> Preferences {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Resource)]
+#[derive(Resource, Debug)]
 pub struct GameVars {
     pub db: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
@@ -612,31 +612,51 @@ impl GameVars {
             // Check whether the two are identical.
             let mut left: String = parts[0].to_string();
             if left.contains(SCOPE_SEPARATOR) {
-                left = self
-                    .get(Self::normalize_varname(scope, left.as_str()).as_str())
-                    .unwrap_or("".to_string());
+                let key = Self::normalize_varname(scope, left.as_str());
+                let value = self.get(key.as_str());
+                left = if let Some(value) = value {
+                    value
+                } else {
+                    warn!("Couldn't find variable `{key}` on left hand side of a condition");
+                    "".to_string()
+                };
             }
             let mut right: String = parts[1].to_string();
             if right.contains(SCOPE_SEPARATOR) {
-                right = self
-                    .get(Self::normalize_varname(scope, right.as_str()).as_str())
-                    .unwrap_or("".to_string());
+                let key = Self::normalize_varname(scope, right.as_str());
+                let value = self.get(key.as_str());
+                right = if let Some(value) = value {
+                    value
+                } else {
+                    warn!("Couldn't find variable `{key}` on right hand side of a condition");
+                    "".to_string()
+                };
             }
             return left == right;
         } else {
             // Got something like "if $something != somethingelse bla bla"
             let mut left: String = parts[0].to_string();
             if left.contains(SCOPE_SEPARATOR) {
-                left = self
-                    .get(Self::normalize_varname(scope, left.as_str()).as_str())
-                    .unwrap_or("".to_string());
+                let key = Self::normalize_varname(scope, left.as_str());
+                let value = self.get(key.as_str());
+                left = if let Some(value) = value {
+                    value
+                } else {
+                    warn!("Couldn't find variable `{key}` on left hand side of a condition");
+                    "".to_string()
+                };
             }
 
             let mut right: String = parts[2..parts.len()].join(" ").to_string();
             if right.contains(SCOPE_SEPARATOR) {
-                right = self
-                    .get(Self::normalize_varname(scope, right.as_str()).as_str())
-                    .unwrap_or("".to_string());
+                let key = Self::normalize_varname(scope, right.as_str());
+                let value = self.get(key.as_str());
+                right = if let Some(value) = value {
+                    value
+                } else {
+                    warn!("Couldn't find variable `{key}` on right hand side of a condition");
+                    "".to_string()
+                };
             }
             let floats = (left.parse::<f64>(), right.parse::<f64>());
             let operator: &str = parts[1];