diff --git a/src/main/java/org/corpus_tools/annis/gui/CorpusBrowserPanel.java b/src/main/java/org/corpus_tools/annis/gui/CorpusBrowserPanel.java
index 7e6e613860..8ed36459b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/corpus_tools/annis/gui/CorpusBrowserPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/corpus_tools/annis/gui/CorpusBrowserPanel.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ private void fetchAnnotationsInBackground(UI ui) {
         }
       }
 
-      getUI().access(() -> {
+      ui.access(() -> {
 
         TreeSet<CorpusBrowserEntry> nodeAnnoItems = new TreeSet<>();
         TreeSet<CorpusBrowserEntry> edgeAnnoItems = new TreeSet<>();