diff --git a/contractcourt/briefcase.go b/contractcourt/briefcase.go
index 6a3bfa8b..1114f6db 100644
--- a/contractcourt/briefcase.go
+++ b/contractcourt/briefcase.go
@@ -372,6 +372,13 @@ func fetchContractWriteBucket(tx *bbolt.Tx, scopeKey []byte) (*bbolt.Bucket, err
 func (b *boltArbitratorLog) writeResolver(contractBucket *bbolt.Bucket,
 	res ContractResolver) error {
 
+	// Only persist resolvers that are stateful. Stateless resolvers don't
+	// expose a resolver key.
+	resKey := res.ResolverKey()
+	if resKey == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// First, we'll write to the buffer the type of this resolver. Using
 	// this byte, we can later properly deserialize the resolver properly.
 	var (
@@ -400,8 +407,6 @@ func (b *boltArbitratorLog) writeResolver(contractBucket *bbolt.Bucket,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resKey := res.ResolverKey()
-
 	return contractBucket.Put(resKey, buf.Bytes())
 }
 
diff --git a/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator_test.go b/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator_test.go
index b78f3c31..dcf969e9 100644
--- a/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator_test.go
+++ b/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ func (b *mockArbitratorLog) InsertUnresolvedContracts(
 
 	b.Lock()
 	for _, resolver := range resolvers {
+		resKey := resolver.ResolverKey()
+		if resKey == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		b.resolvers[resolver] = struct{}{}
 	}
 	b.Unlock()