diff --git a/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua b/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
index 26af057..8aee6ce 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
+++ b/Altoholic/Altoholic.lua
@@ -495,11 +495,12 @@ function addon:SetItemButtonTexture(button, texture, width, height)
 	height = height or 36
 
 	local itemTexture = _G[button.."IconTexture"]
-	
+	if not itemTexture then return end		-- CoA: guard buttons that don't exist / lack an IconTexture region (e.g. iterating more professions than there are _ProfN buttons)
+
 	itemTexture:SetWidth(width);
 	itemTexture:SetHeight(height);
 	itemTexture:SetAllPoints(_G[button]);
-	
+
 	SetItemButtonTexture(_G[button], texture)
 end
 
diff --git a/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc b/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
index 155402e..6bfd1ea 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
+++ b/Altoholic/Altoholic.toc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ## Author: Thaoky, Telkar-RG
 ## X-Edited-By: Exiles (Sub-Net) — florian.berthold@sub-net.at
-## Version: 3.3.002b-coa.12
+## Version: 3.3.002b-coa.13
 ## X-Category: Inventory, Tradeskill, Mail
 ## X-Localizations: enUS, frFR, zhCN, zhTW, deDE, koKR, esES, esMX, ruRU
 ## X-Website: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/altoholic.aspx
diff --git a/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.lua b/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.lua
index 0b2babe..8cbd989 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.lua
+++ b/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.lua
@@ -227,22 +227,32 @@ function ns:UpdateViewIcons()
 	AltoholicTabCharacters_FirstAid.text = professionName
 	AltoholicTabCharacters_FirstAid:Show()
 	
+	-- CoA: characters can know far more than the retail 2 primary professions, so the
+	-- _ProfN button row may run out before the profession list does. Stop at the last
+	-- existing button instead of indexing a nil frame (which crashed the character view).
 	local i = 1
-	for skillName, skill in pairs(DS:GetPrimaryProfessions(character) or {}) do		-- CoA: getter returns no value for chars DataStore_Crafts hasn't scanned
+	for skillName, skill in pairs(DS:GetPrimaryProfessions(character) or {}) do
 		local itemName = "AltoholicTabCharacters_Prof" .. i
 		local item = _G[itemName]
+		if not item then break end		-- no more profession buttons available
 		local spellID = DataStore:GetProfessionSpellID(skillName)
-	
+
 		if spellID then
 			addon:SetItemButtonTexture(itemName, addon:GetSpellIcon(spellID), size, size)
 			item.text = skillName
 			item:Show()
 		else
 			item.text = nil
-			item:Hide()		
+			item:Hide()
 		end
 		i = i + 1
 	end
+	-- Hide any leftover profession buttons this character doesn't fill.
+	while _G["AltoholicTabCharacters_Prof" .. i] do
+		_G["AltoholicTabCharacters_Prof" .. i].text = nil
+		_G["AltoholicTabCharacters_Prof" .. i]:Hide()
+		i = i + 1
+	end
 end
 
 function ns:MenuItem_OnClick(frame, button)
diff --git a/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.xml b/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.xml
index 0a7c85e..80b2126 100644
--- a/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.xml
+++ b/Altoholic/Frames/TabCharacters.xml
@@ -257,6 +257,50 @@
 					</Anchor>
 				</Anchors>
 			</Button>
+			<!-- CoA: characters can know many more than 2 primary professions. Extra slots;
+			     UpdateViewIcons fills/hides them dynamically and stops at the last one. -->
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof3" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof2" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof4" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof3" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof5" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof4" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof6" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof5" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof7" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof6" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
+			<Button name="$parent_Prof8" inherits="AltoViewIconTemplate" hidden="true">
+				<Anchors>
+					<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="$parent_Prof7" relativePoint="BOTTOMRIGHT" >
+						<Offset x="5" y="0" />
+					</Anchor>
+				</Anchors>
+			</Button>
 
 			<Button name="$parent_Sort1" inherits="AltoSortButtonTemplate" id="1">
 				<Size>