diff --git a/app/render/framehashcache.cpp b/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
index a7644d636..ab2e65f3c 100644
--- a/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
+++ b/app/render/framehashcache.cpp
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ bool FrameHashCache::SaveCacheFrame(const QByteArray &hash, FramePtr frame) cons
 
 bool FrameHashCache::SaveCacheFrame(const QString &cache_path, const QByteArray &hash, char *data, const VideoParams &vparam, int linesize_bytes)
 {
+  if (cache_path.isEmpty()) {
+    qWarning() << "Failed to save cache frame with empty path";
+    return false;
+  }
+
   QString fn = CachePathName(cache_path, hash);
 
   if (SaveCacheFrame(fn, data, vparam, linesize_bytes)) {
@@ -226,6 +231,11 @@ bool FrameHashCache::SaveCacheFrame(const QString &cache_path, const QByteArray
 
 FramePtr FrameHashCache::LoadCacheFrame(const QString &cache_path, const QByteArray &hash)
 {
+  if (cache_path.isEmpty()) {
+    qWarning() << "Failed to save cache frame with empty path";
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   return LoadCacheFrame(CachePathName(cache_path, hash));
 }
 
diff --git a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
index 9ab7615ea..adfba9ced 100644
--- a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
+++ b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
@@ -545,8 +545,12 @@ bool RenderProcessor::CanCacheFrames()
 
 QVariant RenderProcessor::GetCachedTexture(const QByteArray& hash)
 {
-  VideoParams video_params = GetCacheVideoParams();
   QString cache_dir = ticket_->property("cache").toString();
+  if (cache_dir.isEmpty()) {
+    return QVariant();
+  }
+
+  VideoParams video_params = GetCacheVideoParams();
 
   FramePtr f = FrameHashCache::LoadCacheFrame(cache_dir, hash);