diff --git a/src/enemies/human.cc b/src/enemies/human.cc
index 723256f..edea824 100644
--- a/src/enemies/human.cc
+++ b/src/enemies/human.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ const char *human::get_race_name() const {
 int human::dies(level *lvl) {
         lvl->add_gold(gold{pos, GOLD_NORMAL});
         auto plist = lvl->get_available_around_all(pos);
-        lvl->add_gold(gold{rng->get_rand_in_vector(plist), GOLD_NORMAL});
+
+        if (plist.size())
+                lvl->add_gold(gold{rng->get_rand_in_vector(plist), GOLD_NORMAL});
+        else
+                lvl->add_gold(gold{pos, GOLD_NORMAL});
         return 0;
 }