diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Logger.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Logger.cpp
index d39dfa00c..b4e2729f6 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/Logger.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ namespace Logger
 static void
 log( const char *msg, unsigned int debugLevel, bool toDisk = true )
 {
+    if( logStream.isNull() )
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if ( s_threshold < 0 )
     {
         if ( qApp->arguments().contains( "--verbose" ) )
diff --git a/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt b/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
index 9bac9c15b..8290c773c 160000
--- a/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
+++ b/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9bac9c15b474ab03d0ba80d89ff126ce20a9dff8
+Subproject commit 8290c773c6521552c0877c40d8fa391e0abcd86a