diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index c5c6c1fef1..b3b0b26293 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ static QScriptValue debugPrint(QScriptContext* context, QScriptEngine* engine) {
     // This message was sent by one of our script engines, let's try to see if we can find the source.
     // Note that the first entry in the backtrace should be "print" and is somewhat useless to us
     AbstractLoggerInterface* loggerInterface = AbstractLoggerInterface::get();
+    if (!loggerInterface) {
+        qCDebug(scriptengine_script, "%s", qUtf8Printable(message));
+        return QScriptValue();
+    }
+
     if (loggerInterface->showSourceDebugging()) {
         QScriptContext* userContext = context;
         while (userContext && QScriptContextInfo(userContext).functionType() == QScriptContextInfo::NativeFunction) {