diff --git a/src/Common/useDescendants.luau b/src/Common/useDescendants.luau
index b0d8dd17..60d5458d 100644
--- a/src/Common/useDescendants.luau
+++ b/src/Common/useDescendants.luau
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 local React = require("@pkg/React")
 local Sift = require("@pkg/Sift")
 
+local function hasPermission(instance: Instance)
+	local success = pcall(function()
+		return instance.Name
+	end)
+	return success
+end
+
 local function useDescendants(parent: Instance, predicate: (descendant: Instance) -> boolean): { Instance }
 	local descendants: { Instance }, setDescendants = React.useState({})
 
@@ -8,6 +15,10 @@ local function useDescendants(parent: Instance, predicate: (descendant: Instance
 		setDescendants(function(prev)
 			local exists = table.find(prev, descendant)
 
+			if not hasPermission(descendant) then
+				return prev
+			end
+
 			if predicate(descendant) then
 				if exists then
 					-- Force a re-render. Nothing about the state changed, but the
@@ -41,6 +52,10 @@ local function useDescendants(parent: Instance, predicate: (descendant: Instance
 
 		-- Listen for name changes and update the list of descendants
 		for _, descendant in parent:GetDescendants() do
+			if not hasPermission(descendant) then
+				continue
+			end
+
 			table.insert(
 				connections,
 				descendant:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Name"):Connect(function()
diff --git a/wally.toml b/wally.toml
index e6900a4e..ed032e02 100644
--- a/wally.toml
+++ b/wally.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "flipbook-labs/flipbook"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.1"
 license = "MIT"
 registry = "https://github.com/UpliftGames/wally-index"
 realm = "shared"