diff --git a/src/gui/card-ui.tsx b/src/gui/card-ui.tsx
index 2ff5fbab..792e03a1 100644
--- a/src/gui/card-ui.tsx
+++ b/src/gui/card-ui.tsx
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ export class CardUI {
     }
 
     private _updateCardContext() {
+        if (!this.cardContext) return;
         if (!this.settings.showContextInCards) {
             this.cardContext.setText("");
             return;