diff --git a/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx b/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
index 17201cea6..12ae65bbd 100644
--- a/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/VideoDialog.cxx
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void VideoDialog::saveConfig()
   // TV scanline intensity
   instance().settings().setValue("tv.scanlines", myTVScanIntense->getValueLabel());
 
-  instance().console().setTIAProperties();
+  if (&instance().console()) instance().console().setTIAProperties();
 
   // Finally, issue a complete framebuffer re-initialization...
   instance().createFrameBuffer();