diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.java
index 9f36c4f1f..bd9b6718b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.java
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import com.threerings.util.Name;
 
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObject;
+import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObjectManager;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DSet;
+import com.threerings.presents.dobj.MessageEvent;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.OidList;
+import com.threerings.presents.server.LocalDObjectMgr;
 
 import com.threerings.crowd.Log;
 import com.threerings.crowd.chat.data.SpeakMarshaller;
@@ -54,14 +57,33 @@ public class PlaceObject extends DObject
     // AUTO-GENERATED: FIELDS END
 
     /**
-     * Exists solely to make calls into the manager look sensible:
+     * Exists solely to make calls into the client's DObjManager look sensible:
      * <pre>_plobj.manager.invoke("someMethod", args);</pre>
      */
     public class ManagerCaller
     {
-        public void invoke (String method, Object ... args) {
-            postMessage(method, args);
+
+        public ManagerCaller ()
+        {
+            // Avoid NPE boochery if we're in singleplayer mode in yohoho:
+            // It turns out that GameController posts events directly to the queue
+            // of the DObjectManager of the GameObject, which is in this case the
+            // DObjectManager instead of the ClientDObjectMgr, so the sourceOid is
+            // unchanged, leading to the nasty problem of caller being null as the
+            // message was not actually received from any connected outside client.
+            DObjectManager clomgr = LocalDObjectMgr.clomgr;
+            if (clomgr != null) {
+                _mgr = clomgr;
+            } else {
+                _mgr = PlaceObject.this.getManager();
+            }
         }
+
+        public void invoke (String method, Object ... args) {
+            _mgr.postEvent(new MessageEvent(_oid, method, args));
+        }
+
+        protected DObjectManager _mgr;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
index 9fb8dd5b1..1974fbf7b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.net.BootstrapData;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.Credentials;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.PingRequest;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.PongResponse;
+import com.threerings.presents.server.LocalDObjectMgr;
 
 /**
  * Through the client object, a connection to the system is established and maintained. The client
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ public class Client
                 // clear out our references
                 _comm = null;
                 _omgr = null;
+                LocalDObjectMgr.clomgr = null;
                 _clobj = null;
                 _cloid = -1;
                 _standalone = false;
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/LocalDObjectMgr.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/LocalDObjectMgr.java
index 2c0817214..788e50b64 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/LocalDObjectMgr.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/LocalDObjectMgr.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class LocalDObjectMgr extends PresentsDObjectMgr
      */
     public DObjectManager getClientDObjectMgr (final int clientOid)
     {
-        return new DObjectManager() {
+        clomgr = new DObjectManager() {
             public boolean isManager (DObject object) {
                 return LocalDObjectMgr.this.isManager(object);
             }
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class LocalDObjectMgr extends PresentsDObjectMgr
                 LocalDObjectMgr.this.removedLastSubscriber(obj, deathWish);
             }
         };
+        return clomgr;
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
@@ -92,4 +93,6 @@ public class LocalDObjectMgr extends PresentsDObjectMgr
         // accounting data
         EventQueue.invokeLater(unit);
     }
+
+    public static DObjectManager clomgr = null;
 }