diff --git a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextAdapter.cs b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextAdapter.cs
index df169f016..6139c4afd 100644
--- a/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextAdapter.cs
+++ b/Assets/Fungus/Scripts/Utils/TextAdapter.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ public class TextAdapter : IWriterTextDestination
 
         public void InitFromGameObject(GameObject go, bool includeChildren = false)
         {
+            if (go == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (!includeChildren)
             {
                 textUI = go.GetComponent<Text>();