diff --git a/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Scoring.lua b/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Scoring.lua
index 57d0c3fc6..b91e16fa1 100644
--- a/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Scoring.lua	
+++ b/Moose Development/Moose/Functional/Scoring.lua	
@@ -1117,7 +1117,18 @@ function SCORING:_EventOnHit( Event )
         PlayerHit.PenaltyHit = PlayerHit.PenaltyHit or 0
         PlayerHit.TimeStamp = PlayerHit.TimeStamp or 0
         PlayerHit.UNIT = PlayerHit.UNIT or TargetUNIT
+        -- After an instant kill we can't compute the thread level anymore. To fix this we compute at OnEventBirth
+        if PlayerHit.UNIT.ThreatType == nil then
         PlayerHit.ThreatLevel, PlayerHit.ThreatType = PlayerHit.UNIT:GetThreatLevel()
+          -- if this fails for some reason, set a good default value
+          if PlayerHit.ThreatType == nil then
+            PlayerHit.ThreatLevel = 1
+            PlayerHit.ThreatType = "Unknown"
+          end
+        else
+          PlayerHit.ThreatLevel = PlayerHit.UNIT.ThreatLevel
+          PlayerHit.ThreatType = PlayerHit.UNIT.ThreatType
+        end
 
         -- Only grant hit scores if there was more than one second between the last hit.        
         if timer.getTime() - PlayerHit.TimeStamp > 1 then