--- geeqie-1.1/src/editors.c	2012-08-12 22:13:41.000000000 +0200
+++ geeqie-1.1-v/src/editors.c	2012-10-28 09:00:39.870694886 +0100
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
 	if (output)
 		result = g_string_new("");
 
-	if (editor->exec[0] == '\0')
+	if (editor->exec == NULL || editor->exec[0] == '\0')
 		{
 		flags |= EDITOR_ERROR_EMPTY;
 		goto err;