diff --git a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/termdialog/termdialog.go b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/termdialog/termdialog.go
index 83e5eb1232af7bb47f848c299f05e6d3710e24f4..1ad3a5d9b92ce9951312baac5f8c06bd6056d2a7 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/termdialog/termdialog.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/termdialog/termdialog.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (d *Dialog) View() string {
 	t := styles.CurrentTheme()
 
 	var termContent string
-	if d.term.Started() {
+	if d.term != nil && d.term.Started() {
 		termContent = d.term.Render()
 	} else {
 		termContent = d.loadingMsg