diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 18eed5905..9e036c64f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
  * #define RS_RELEASE_VERSION    1
  ****/
 
+#define RS_RELEASE_VERSION    1
+
 /** Constructor */
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
     : QMainWindow(parent, flags)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
index e935e6fb9..290f7d5fd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void  PeersDialog::insertPeers()
 
 		/* Append additional status info from status service */
 		StatusInfo statusInfo;
-		if (rsStatus->getStatus(*it, statusInfo))
+		if ((rsStatus) && (rsStatus->getStatus(*it, statusInfo)))
 		{
 			status.append(QString::fromStdString("/" + RsStatusString(statusInfo.status)));
 		}