diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkDICOMIOHelper.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkDICOMIOHelper.cpp
index 59f29af021..477d032bb3 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkDICOMIOHelper.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/src/mitkDICOMIOHelper.cpp
@@ -1,69 +1,75 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkDICOMIOHelper.h"
 
 #include <mitkImage.h>
 #include <mitkTemporoSpatialStringProperty.h>
 
 #include <usGetModuleContext.h>
 #include <usModuleContext.h>
 
 namespace mitk
 {
   mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest *GetDicomTagsOfInterestService()
   {
     mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest *result = nullptr;
 
+    us::ModuleContext *context = us::GetModuleContext();
+    if (context == nullptr)
+    {
+      MITK_WARN << "No dicom context found.";
+      return result;
+    }
     std::vector<us::ServiceReference<mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest>> toiRegisters =
-      us::GetModuleContext()->GetServiceReferences<mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest>();
+      context->GetServiceReferences<mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest>();
     if (!toiRegisters.empty())
     {
       if (toiRegisters.size() > 1)
       {
         MITK_WARN << "Multiple DICOM tags of interest services found. Using just one.";
       }
       result = us::GetModuleContext()->GetService<mitk::IDICOMTagsOfInterest>(toiRegisters.front());
     }
 
     return result;
   }
 
   FindingsListVectorType ExtractPathsOfInterest(const DICOMTagPathList &pathsOfInterest,
                                                 const DICOMDatasetAccessingImageFrameList &frames)
   {
     std::vector<mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess::FindingsListType> findings;
     for (const auto &entry : pathsOfInterest)
     {
       findings.push_back(frames.front()->GetTagValueAsString(entry));
     }
     return findings;
   }
 
   void SetProperties(BaseDataPointer image, const FindingsListVectorType &findings)
   {
     for (const auto &finding : findings)
     {
       for (const auto &entry : finding)
       {
         const std::string propertyName = mitk::DICOMTagPathToPropertyName(entry.path);
         auto property = mitk::TemporoSpatialStringProperty::New();
         property->SetValue(entry.value);
         image->SetProperty(propertyName.c_str(), property);
       }
     }
   }
 }