Fixed order processing, broken after upgrade to Laravel 5.8

app/Traits/NextKey.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 namespace App\Traits;
 
-use App\Models\Module;
+use App\Models\{Module,Record};
 
 trait NextKey
 {
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ trait NextKey
 					throw new \Exception('Missing record_id const for '.get_class($model));
 
 				$mo = Module::where('name',$model::RECORD_ID)->firstOrFail();
+
+				if (! $mo->record) {
+					$mo->record = new Record;
+					$mo->record->module_id = $mo->id;
+					$mo->record->site_id = 1; // @todo
+				}
+
 				$mo->record->id = $model->id;
 				$mo->record->save();
 			}