diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 513a617a7..fd80dee1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix UI palette text control code. Palette indices now go from 1 to 8, because zero byte is a string terminator [@untoxa](https://github.com/untoxa)
 - Fix issue where migrating old projects could cause gbvm symbols to become empty, preventing build from completing (opening a broken project will now automatically fix this issue)
 - Fix issue where sprites could end up with empty state id values
+- Fix issue where script labels could may not match script behaviour when referring to deleted actors (dropdown would say Self, label would say Player, game would use Self)
 
 ## [4.1.3] - 2024-09-16
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/hooks/useScriptEventTitle.tsx b/src/components/script/hooks/useScriptEventTitle.tsx
index 2d46eac6a..807968185 100644
--- a/src/components/script/hooks/useScriptEventTitle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/script/hooks/useScriptEventTitle.tsx
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ export const useScriptEventTitle = (
               / /g,
               ""
             );
+          } else if (
+            actorsLookup[entityId] &&
+            sceneActorIds &&
+            sceneActorIds.indexOf(entityId) > -1
+          ) {
+            return l10n("FIELD_SELF");
           } else if (entityType === "actorPrefab") {
             return l10n("FIELD_SELF");
           } else {
diff --git a/src/lib/compiler/scriptBuilder.ts b/src/lib/compiler/scriptBuilder.ts
index a414ff02e..13c6432e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/compiler/scriptBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/lib/compiler/scriptBuilder.ts
@@ -5553,16 +5553,20 @@ extern void __mute_mask_${symbol};
   getActorIndex = (id: string): number => {
     const { entity, entityType, scene } = this.options;
 
+    // Actor == player
     if (id === "player" || (id === "$self$" && entityType !== "actor")) {
       return 0;
     }
 
+    // Actor == Self
     if (id === "$self$" && entity) {
       return getActorIndex(entity.id, scene);
     }
 
+    // Find actor in current scene
     const index = getActorIndex(id, scene);
 
+    // Actor id not found but entity was set, fall back to Self
     if (entity && index === 0) {
       return getActorIndex(entity.id, scene);
     }