diff --git a/BasePlugin/PluginFunctions.cc b/BasePlugin/PluginFunctions.cc
index b84168ee1e33eb3b42dbbdb2b4e8b6e61169e441..79837f6c975d231e2d204a9af37cb286cad678a2 100644
--- a/BasePlugin/PluginFunctions.cc
+++ b/BasePlugin/PluginFunctions.cc
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int getObjectId( const QString _name ) {
 	if(_name.isEmpty()) return -1;
 
 	BaseObject* object = objectRoot_->childExists( _name );
-	return object->id();
+	return object ? object->id() : -1;
 }
 
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