diff --git a/src/events.cpp b/src/events.cpp
index 033d647b1e..21a4409fb7 100755
--- a/src/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void EventManager::InitHandler(PClass* type)
 	RegisterHandler(handler);
 }
 
-void EventManager::InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
+void EventManager::InitStaticHandlers(FLevelLocals *l, bool map)
 {
 	// don't initialize map handlers if restoring from savegame.
 	if (savegamerestore)
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ void EventManager::InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
 
 	// just make sure
 	Shutdown();
+	Level = l;
 
 	// initialize event handlers from gameinfo
 	for (const FString& typeName : gameinfo.EventHandlers)
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ void EventManager::InitStaticHandlers(bool map)
 		return;
 
 	// initialize event handlers from mapinfo
-	for (const FString& typeName : level.info->EventHandlers)
+	for (const FString& typeName : Level->info->EventHandlers)
 	{
 		PClass* type = GetHandlerClass(typeName);
 		if (IsStaticType(type))
diff --git a/src/events.h b/src/events.h
index b207f924bf..79c75023a7 100755
--- a/src/events.h
+++ b/src/events.h
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ struct EventManager
 	// check type
 	bool IsStaticType(PClass* type);
 	// init static handlers
-	void InitStaticHandlers(bool map);
+	void InitStaticHandlers(FLevelLocals *l, bool map);
 	// shutdown handlers
 	void Shutdown();
 
diff --git a/src/gamedata/info.cpp b/src/gamedata/info.cpp
index f06e56b464..010200a775 100644
--- a/src/gamedata/info.cpp
+++ b/src/gamedata/info.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void PClassActor::StaticInit()
 	InitBotStuff();
 
 	// reinit GLOBAL static stuff from gameinfo, once classes are loaded.
-	staticEventManager.InitStaticHandlers(false);
+	staticEventManager.InitStaticHandlers(primaryLevel, false);
 }
 
 //==========================================================================
diff --git a/src/p_setup.cpp b/src/p_setup.cpp
index 7ea4d9f154..dddfe2d46c 100644
--- a/src/p_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/p_setup.cpp
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ void P_SetupLevel(FLevelLocals *Level, int position, bool newGame)
 
 	// [ZZ] init per-map static handlers. we need to call this before everything is set up because otherwise scripts don't receive PlayerEntered event
 	//      (which happens at god-knows-what stage in this function, but definitely not the last part, because otherwise it'd work to put E_InitStaticHandlers before the player spawning)
-	Level->localEventManager->InitStaticHandlers(true);
+	Level->localEventManager->InitStaticHandlers(Level, true);
 
 	// generate a checksum for the level, to be included and checked with savegames.
 	map->GetChecksum(Level->md5);