diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index c351534ea..a719812a1 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ void EditorPanel::error (Glib::ustring descr) {
 
 void EditorPanel::info_toggled () {
 
+    if(!ipc)
+        return;
     Glib::ustring infoString;
 
     const rtengine::ImageMetaData* idata = ipc->getInitialImage()->getMetaData();
@@ -912,6 +914,9 @@ void EditorPanel::historyBeforeLineChanged (const rtengine::procparams::ProcPara
 
 void EditorPanel::beforeAfterToggled () {
 
+    if(!ipc)
+        return;
+
     removeIfThere (beforeAfterBox,  beforeBox, false);
     removeIfThere (afterBox,  afterLabel, false);
 
diff --git a/rtgui/previewwindow.cc b/rtgui/previewwindow.cc
index f3baa9c4d..f3f4c4a7b 100644
--- a/rtgui/previewwindow.cc
+++ b/rtgui/previewwindow.cc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <guiutils.h>
 #include <imagearea.h>
 
-PreviewWindow::PreviewWindow () : previewHandler(NULL), mainCropWin(NULL),cCropMoving(NULL),cNormal(NULL), isMoving(false) {
+PreviewWindow::PreviewWindow () : previewHandler(NULL), mainCropWin(NULL),cCropMoving(NULL),cNormal(NULL), isMoving(false), imageArea(NULL) {
 
     rconn = signal_size_allocate().connect( sigc::mem_fun(*this, &PreviewWindow::on_resized) );
 }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ bool PreviewWindow::on_expose_event (GdkEventExpose* event) {
         int bufferW, bufferH;
         backBuffer->get_size (bufferW, bufferH);
 
-        if (!mainCropWin) {
+        if (!mainCropWin && imageArea) {
             mainCropWin = imageArea->getMainCropWindow ();
             if (mainCropWin)
                 mainCropWin->addCropWindowListener (this);