diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/NullLoadScreen.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/NullLoadScreen.cs
index ed1e179040..e49a0d8f78 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/NullLoadScreen.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/NullLoadScreen.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 	{
 		public void Display()
 		{
+			if (Game.Renderer == null)
+				return;
+			
 			Game.Renderer.BeginFrame(float2.Zero);
 			Game.Renderer.EndFrame();
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RALoadScreen.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RALoadScreen.cs
index 150039b6e2..5a49403813 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RALoadScreen.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/RALoadScreen.cs
@@ -18,12 +18,7 @@ using OpenRA.Widgets;
 namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 {
 	public class RALoadScreen : ILoadScreen
-	{
-		public RALoadScreen ()
-		{
-			
-		}
-		
+	{	
 		static string[] loadComments = new[] {	"Filling Crates...", "Charging Capacitors...", "Reticulating Splines...",
 												"Planting Trees...", "Building Bridges...", "Aging Empires...",
 												"Compiling EVA...", "Constructing Pylons...", "Activating Skynet...",
@@ -33,6 +28,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		static Stopwatch lastLoadScreen = new Stopwatch();
 		public void Display()
 		{
+			if (Game.Renderer == null)
+				return;
+			
 			// Update text at most every 0.5 seconds
 			if (lastLoadScreen.ElapsedTime() < 0.5)
 				return;