From: Ben Soares <b.soares@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 12:31:16 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-629 Catch a NPE, fix a test
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_4_0~339
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=458c558a63becbea3bb91ad982e215926ef1ec31;p=jalview.git

JAL-629 Catch a NPE, fix a test
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diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Console.java b/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
index ab9ff97..a382ac7 100644
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Console.java
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ public class Console
 
       if (!Platform.isJS())
       {
-        if (!Jalview.getInstance().quiet())
+        if (Jalview.getInstance() == null || (Jalview.getInstance() != null
+                && !Jalview.getInstance().quiet()))
         {
           System.err.println(
                   "Setting initial log level to " + logLevel.name());