From bb7fae42b2a743572f7d633c9159f28c353a76be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gmungoc <g.m.carstairs@dundee.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:54:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] JAL-3048 check for headless

---
 src/jalview/gui/ImageExporter.java |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/ImageExporter.java b/src/jalview/gui/ImageExporter.java
index 1f83b7c..fc971e2 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/ImageExporter.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/ImageExporter.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class ImageExporter
    */
   void setStatus(String msg, long id)
   {
-    if (messageBoard != null)
+    if (messageBoard != null && !Jalview.isHeadlessMode())
     {
       messageBoard.setProgressBar(msg, id);
     }
-- 
1.7.10.2