diff --git a/developer/src/tike/compile/Keyman.Developer.System.KmcWrapper.pas b/developer/src/tike/compile/Keyman.Developer.System.KmcWrapper.pas
index f64e961b15..6c33760ffc 100644
--- a/developer/src/tike/compile/Keyman.Developer.System.KmcWrapper.pas
+++ b/developer/src/tike/compile/Keyman.Developer.System.KmcWrapper.pas
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ begin
   else
     cmdline := cmdline + ['--no-compiler-warnings-as-errors'];
 
-  if not FGlobalProject.Options.WarnDeprecatedCode then
+  if Assigned(FGlobalProject) and (not FGlobalProject.Options.WarnDeprecatedCode) then
     cmdline := cmdline + ['--no-warn-deprecated-code'];
 
   if debug then