diff -urbB gfax.org/src/gui.cs gfax/src/gui.cs
--- gfax.org/src/gui.cs	2005-02-28 22:08:34.000000000 +0100
+++ gfax/src/gui.cs	2005-10-17 20:25:40.779008750 +0200
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@
 		private int update_queue_status(string queue)
 		{
 			G_ListView view;
-			Fax.FaxQueue q;
-			Fax.FaxRecQueue rq;
+			Fax.FaxQueue q = null;
+			Fax.FaxRecQueue rq = null;
 						
 			view = lv;
 				
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 					
 					Appbar.ClearStack();
 						
-					if (q.Jobid != "") {
+					if (q != null && q.Jobid != "") {
 						Appbar.Push(Catalog.GetString("There are " + reply.Count + " jobs in the queue"));
 						Appbar.Refresh();
 						((Gtk.Window) gxml["Gfax"]).Title = "Gfax (" + reply.Count + ")";
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
 						view.AddTextToRow(rq.Sender, rq.Status, rq.Pages, rq.TimeReceived, rq.Filename);
 					}
 					
-					if (rq.Sender != "") {
+					if (rq != null && rq.Sender != "") {
 						Appbar.Push(Catalog.GetString("There are " + reply.Count + " jobs in the queue"));
 						Appbar.Refresh();
 						((Gtk.Window) gxml["Gfax"]).Title = "Gfax (" + reply.Count + ")";