diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/config/GameConfig.java b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/config/GameConfig.java
index e5ea8fa6..bb338b77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/config/GameConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/config/GameConfig.java
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public Identifier source() {
         return this.source;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return the source location that this config was loaded from, if loaded from a file.
+     */
+    public static String sourceName(GameConfig<?> config) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(config.source).map(Identifier::toString).orElse("[unknown source]");
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the name for this game config, defaulted to the game type name if none is specified
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/GameSpaceManager.java b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/GameSpaceManager.java
index 91d6be10..d91caa49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/GameSpaceManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/GameSpaceManager.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private ManagedGameSpace addGameSpace(GameConfig<?> config, GameConfig<?> source
         this.idToGameSpace.put(id, gameSpace);
         this.userIdToGameSpace.put(userId, gameSpace);
 
-        Plasmid.LOGGER.info("Game space {} (source: {}) opened", id, config.source());
+        Plasmid.LOGGER.info("Game space {} (source: {}) opened", id, GameConfig.sourceName(config));
         GameEvents.OPENED.invoker().onGameSpaceOpened(config, gameSpace);
 
         procedure.apply(gameSpace);
diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/ManagedGameSpace.java b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/ManagedGameSpace.java
index 8572fdf5..4b4bfcf8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/ManagedGameSpace.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/nucleoid/plasmid/game/manager/ManagedGameSpace.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.Plasmid;
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.event.GameEvents;
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.game.*;
+import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.game.config.GameConfig;
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.game.event.GameActivityEvents;
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.game.event.GamePlayerEvents;
 import xyz.nucleoid.plasmid.game.player.PlayerOffer;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public void close(GameCloseReason reason) {
 
         var players = Lists.newArrayList(this.players);
 
-        Plasmid.LOGGER.info("Game space {} (source: {}) closing for reason {}", this.metadata.id(), this.metadata.sourceConfig().source(), reason);
+        Plasmid.LOGGER.info("Game space {} (source: {}) closing for reason {}", this.metadata.id(), GameConfig.sourceName(this.metadata.sourceConfig()), reason);
         GameEvents.CLOSING.invoker().onGameSpaceClosing(this, reason);
         this.lifecycle.onClosing(this, reason);