diff --git a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
index 22715de65..c8296088c 100644
--- a/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
+++ b/app/render/renderprocessor.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ NodeValueTable RenderProcessor::GenerateBlockTable(const Track *track, const Tim
 
 void RenderProcessor::ProcessVideoFootage(TexturePtr destination, const FootageJob &stream, const rational &input_time)
 {
+  if (!render_ctx_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (ticket_->property("type").value<RenderManager::TicketType>() != RenderManager::kTypeVideo) {
     // Video cannot contribute to audio, so we do nothing here
     return;
@@ -508,7 +512,9 @@ void RenderProcessor::ProcessAudioFootage(SampleBuffer &destination, const Foota
 
 void RenderProcessor::ProcessShader(TexturePtr destination, const Node *node, const TimeRange &range, const ShaderJob &job)
 {
-  Q_UNUSED(range)
+  if (!render_ctx_) {
+    return;
+  }
 
   QString full_shader_id = QStringLiteral("%1:%2").arg(node->id(), job.GetShaderID());
 
@@ -562,11 +568,19 @@ void RenderProcessor::ProcessSamples(SampleBuffer &destination, const Node *node
 
 void RenderProcessor::ProcessColorTransform(TexturePtr destination, const Node *node, const ColorTransformJob &job)
 {
+  if (!render_ctx_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   render_ctx_->BlitColorManaged(job, destination.get());
 }
 
 void RenderProcessor::ProcessFrameGeneration(TexturePtr destination, const Node *node, const GenerateJob &job)
 {
+  if (!render_ctx_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   FramePtr frame = Frame::Create();
 
   frame->set_video_params(destination->params());
@@ -582,8 +596,21 @@ bool RenderProcessor::CanCacheFrames()
   return ticket_->property("type").value<RenderManager::TicketType>() == RenderManager::kTypeVideo;
 }
 
+TexturePtr RenderProcessor::CreateTexture(const VideoParams &p)
+{
+  if (render_ctx_) {
+    return render_ctx_->CreateTexture(p);
+  } else {
+    return super::CreateTexture(p);
+  }
+}
+
 void RenderProcessor::ConvertToReferenceSpace(TexturePtr destination, TexturePtr source, const QString &input_cs)
 {
+  if (!render_ctx_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   ColorManager* color_manager = Node::ValueToPtr<ColorManager>(ticket_->property("colormanager"));
   ColorProcessorPtr cp = ColorProcessor::Create(color_manager, input_cs, color_manager->GetReferenceColorSpace());
 
diff --git a/app/render/renderprocessor.h b/app/render/renderprocessor.h
index 73e871880..9d7942c7a 100644
--- a/app/render/renderprocessor.h
+++ b/app/render/renderprocessor.h
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ protected:
 
   virtual bool CanCacheFrames() override;
 
-  virtual TexturePtr CreateTexture(const VideoParams &p) override
-  {
-    return render_ctx_->CreateTexture(p);
-  }
+  virtual TexturePtr CreateTexture(const VideoParams &p) override;
 
   virtual SampleBuffer CreateSampleBuffer(const AudioParams &params, int sample_count) override
   {