diff --git a/src/views/ViewController.cpp b/src/views/ViewController.cpp
index 8e9a57d1c..36d8850a6 100644
--- a/src/views/ViewController.cpp
+++ b/src/views/ViewController.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void ViewController::render(const Eigen::Affine3f& parentTrans)
 	Eigen::Vector3f viewEnd = trans.inverse() * Eigen::Vector3f((float)Renderer::getScreenWidth(), (float)Renderer::getScreenHeight(), 0);
 
 	// draw systemlist
-	mSystemListView->render(trans);
+	if(mSystemListView) mSystemListView->render(trans);
 
 	// draw gamelists
 	for(auto it = mGameListViews.begin(); it != mGameListViews.end(); it++)