diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
index 871df609cdc..7afe726a2b1 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ public abstract class Trigger extends TriggerReplacementBase {
                 }
             }
             if (saDesc.equals("")) { // in case we haven't found anything better
-                saDesc = sa.toString();
+                if (sa != null)
+                    saDesc = sa.toString();
             }
             // string might have leading whitespace
             saDesc = saDesc.trim();
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/toolbox/FSkin.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/toolbox/FSkin.java
index 0c254d62dc1..3a20233e0e4 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/toolbox/FSkin.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/main/java/forge/toolbox/FSkin.java
@@ -1660,7 +1660,8 @@ public class FSkin {
         w0 = tempCoords[2];
         h0 = tempCoords[3];
 
-        SkinImage.setImage(s0, bim.getSubimage(x0, y0, w0, h0));
+        if (bim != null)
+            SkinImage.setImage(s0, bim.getSubimage(x0, y0, w0, h0));
     }
 
     /**