diff --git a/client.lua b/client.lua
index 0d96f3896..c4278fa52 100644
--- a/client.lua
+++ b/client.lua
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ RegisterNetEvent('ox_inventory:setPlayerInventory', function(currentDrops, inven
 		end
 	end
 
-	for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.licenses')) do
+	for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.licenses') or {}) do
 		lib.points.new({
 			coords = data.coords,
 			distance = 16,
@@ -1903,3 +1903,7 @@ lib.callback.register('ox_inventory:getVehicleData', function(netid)
 		return GetEntityModel(entity), GetVehicleClass(entity)
 	end
 end)
+
+RegisterCommand('setplate', function()
+    SetVehicleNumberPlateText(cache.vehicle, 'YG543X25')
+end)
diff --git a/modules/crafting/client.lua b/modules/crafting/client.lua
index 37d9eefba..ffa0924ea 100644
--- a/modules/crafting/client.lua
+++ b/modules/crafting/client.lua
@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ local function createCraftingBench(id, data)
 	end
 end
 
-for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.crafting')) do createCraftingBench(id, data) end
+for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.crafting') or {}) do createCraftingBench(id, data) end
 
 return CraftingBenches
diff --git a/modules/crafting/server.lua b/modules/crafting/server.lua
index 7e26a1e3e..ddb65ca7f 100644
--- a/modules/crafting/server.lua
+++ b/modules/crafting/server.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ local function createCraftingBench(id, data)
 	end
 end
 
-for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.crafting')) do createCraftingBench(id, data) end
+for id, data in pairs(lib.load('data.crafting') or {}) do createCraftingBench(id, data) end
 
 ---falls back to player coords if zones and points are both nil
 ---@param source number
diff --git a/modules/inventory/server.lua b/modules/inventory/server.lua
index 25312ab80..70788b616 100644
--- a/modules/inventory/server.lua
+++ b/modules/inventory/server.lua
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end
 local Vehicles = lib.load('data.vehicles')
 local RegisteredStashes = {}
 
-for _, stash in pairs(lib.load('data.stashes')) do
+for _, stash in pairs(lib.load('data.stashes') or {}) do
 	RegisteredStashes[stash.name] = {
 		name = stash.name,
 		label = stash.label,
diff --git a/modules/items/shared.lua b/modules/items/shared.lua
index fc402e46a..61d47a4bd 100644
--- a/modules/items/shared.lua
+++ b/modules/items/shared.lua
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ local function newItem(data)
 	ItemList[data.name] = data
 end
 
-for type, data in pairs(lib.load('data.weapons')) do
+for type, data in pairs(lib.load('data.weapons') or {}) do
 	for k, v in pairs(data) do
 		v.name = k
 		v.close = type == 'Ammo' and true or false
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ for type, data in pairs(lib.load('data.weapons')) do
 	end
 end
 
-for k, v in pairs(lib.load('data.items')) do
+for k, v in pairs(lib.load('data.items') or {}) do
 	v.name = k
 	local success, response = pcall(newItem, v)
 
diff --git a/modules/shops/client.lua b/modules/shops/client.lua
index 8eef34b0d..364511ab3 100644
--- a/modules/shops/client.lua
+++ b/modules/shops/client.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ local shopTypes = {}
 local shops = {}
 local createBlip = require 'modules.utils.client'.CreateBlip
 
-for shopType, shopData in pairs(lib.load('data.shops') --[[@as table<string, OxShop>]]) do
+for shopType, shopData in pairs(lib.load('data.shops') or {} --[[@as table<string, OxShop>]]) do
 	local shop = {
 		name = shopData.name,
 		groups = shopData.groups or shopData.jobs,
diff --git a/modules/shops/server.lua b/modules/shops/server.lua
index ddb0a455f..1d96b7c70 100644
--- a/modules/shops/server.lua
+++ b/modules/shops/server.lua
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ local function createShop(shopType, id)
 	return shop[id]
 end
 
-for shopType, shopDetails in pairs(lib.load('data.shops')) do
+for shopType, shopDetails in pairs(lib.load('data.shops') or {}) do
 	registerShopType(shopType, shopDetails)
 end