diff --git a/linphone-app/src/components/core/CoreManager.cpp b/linphone-app/src/components/core/CoreManager.cpp
index 887c6b64c..0f76659b8 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/components/core/CoreManager.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/components/core/CoreManager.cpp
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ CoreManager::~CoreManager(){
 
 void CoreManager::initCoreManager(){
 	qInfo() << "Init CoreManager";
+	mAccountSettingsModel = new AccountSettingsModel(this);
+	mSettingsModel = new SettingsModel(this);
 	mCallsListModel = new CallsListModel(this);
 	mChatModel = new ChatModel(this);
 	mContactsListModel = new ContactsListModel(this);
 	mContactsImporterListModel = new ContactsImporterListModel(this);
-	mAccountSettingsModel = new AccountSettingsModel(this);
 	mLdapListModel = new LdapListModel(this);
-	mSettingsModel = new SettingsModel(this);
 	mSipAddressesModel = new SipAddressesModel(this);
 	mEventCountNotifier = new EventCountNotifier(this);
 	mTimelineListModel = new TimelineListModel(this);
diff --git a/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp b/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
index b7ad19438..4c79edead 100644
--- a/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
+++ b/linphone-app/src/components/settings/SettingsModel.cpp
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ void SettingsModel::setSecureChatEnabled (bool status) {
 }
 
 bool SettingsModel::getGroupChatEnabled() const{
-	return !CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount()->getParams()->getConferenceFactoryUri().empty();
+	return CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount() && !CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount()->getParams()->getConferenceFactoryUri().empty();
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ void SettingsModel::setConferenceEnabled (bool status) {
 }
 
 bool SettingsModel::getVideoConferenceEnabled() const{
-	return !!CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount()->getParams()->getAudioVideoConferenceFactoryAddress();
+	return CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount() && !!CoreManager::getInstance()->getCore()->getDefaultAccount()->getParams()->getAudioVideoConferenceFactoryAddress();
 }
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------