diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/OptionsPopup.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/OptionsPopup.kt
index f7941f1343..0fae196be5 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/OptionsPopup.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/mainmenu/OptionsPopup.kt
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ class OptionsPopup(val previousScreen: BaseScreen) : Popup(previousScreen) {
             if (noProblem) lines += FormattedLine("No problems found.".tr())
 
             postCrashHandlingRunnable {
+                // When the options popup is already closed before this postRunnable is run,
+                // Don't add the labels, as otherwise the game will crash
+                if (stage == null) return@postCrashHandlingRunnable
                 // Don't just render text, since that will make all the conditionals in the mod replacement messages move to the end, which makes it unreadable
                 // Don't use .toLabel() either, since that activates translations as well, which is what we're trying to avoid,
                 // Instead, some manual work needs to be put in.