Savestates are not referenced even though I'm pretty sure I did

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using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerStatManager : MonoBehaviour
{
	public int playerMoney;
	public Sprite playerSprite;

	public float playerMaxHealth;
	public float healthDecreaseSpeed; //1.12f is the minimum

	public Color32 playerColour;

	public int startMultiplier;
	//public Color32 defaultColour;

	public SaveState state;
	//public SaveManager manager;

	public int colourPlace;
	public int shapePlace;
	public static PlayerStatManager Instance
	{
		get;
		set;
	}

	private void Awake()
	{
		if (GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("Stats Manager").Length < 2)
		{
			DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
		}
		Load();
		WaitToLoadSave();
		Debug.Log(state);
		Instance = this;
	}

	public void SaveToSaveState()
	{
		if (state == null)
		{
			Debug.Log("REEE");
			Load();
		}
		else
		{
			state.playerMoney += playerMoney;
			state.maxHealth = playerMaxHealth;
			Save();
		}
	}

	public void WaitToLoadSave()
	{
		playerMoney = state.playerMoney;
		playerMaxHealth = state.maxHealth;
		healthDecreaseSpeed = 1.11f;
	}

	public void Save()
	{
		PlayerPrefs.SetString("GameSave1", Helper.Serialize<SaveState>(state));
	}

	public void Load()
	{
		if (PlayerPrefs.HasKey("GameSave1"))
		{
			state = Helper.Deserialize<SaveState>(PlayerPrefs.GetString("GameSave1"));
		}
		else
		{
			state = new SaveState();
			Save();
			Debug.Log("No save file found");
		}
	}
}
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where does the error happen, you don’t assign it state until you call load.