diff --git a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/MouseHandler.qml b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/MouseHandler.qml
index ccd5f030e..5dbec50f8 100644
--- a/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/MouseHandler.qml
+++ b/applets/taskmanager/package/contents/ui/MouseHandler.qml
@@ -1,150 +1,151 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2012-2016 by Eike Hein <hein@kde.org>                   *
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  ***************************************************************************/
 
 import QtQuick 2.0
 
 import org.kde.draganddrop 2.0
 
 import org.kde.taskmanager 0.1 as TaskManager
 
 import "../code/layout.js" as LayoutManager
 import "../code/tools.js" as TaskTools
 
 Item {
     signal urlDropped(url url)
 
     property Item target
     property Item ignoredItem
     property bool moved: false
 
     Timer {
         id: ignoreItemTimer
 
         repeat: false
         interval: 750
 
         onTriggered: {
             ignoredItem = null;
         }
     }
 
     Connections {
         target: tasks
 
         onDragSourceChanged: {
             if (!dragSource) {
                 ignoredItem = null;
                 ignoreItemTimer.stop();
             }
         }
     }
 
     DropArea {
         id: dropHandler
 
         anchors.fill: parent
 
         preventStealing: true;
 
         property Item hoveredItem
 
         onDragMove: {
             if (target.animating) {
                 return;
             }
 
             var above = target.childAt(event.x, event.y);
 
             // If we're mixing launcher tasks with other tasks and are moving
             // a (small) launcher task across a non-launcher task, don't allow
             // the latter to be the move target twice in a row for a while, as
             // it will naturally be moved underneath the cursor as result of the
             // initial move, due to being far larger than the launcher delegate.
             // TODO: This restriction (minus the timer, which improves things)
             // has been proven out in the EITM fork, but could be improved later
             // by tracking the cursor movement vector and allowing the drag if
             // the movement direction has reversed, etablishing user intent to
             // move back.
-            if (!plasmoid.configuration.separateLaunchers && tasks.dragSource.m.IsLauncher === true
-                 && above != null && above.m.IsLauncher !== true && above == ignoredItem) {
+            if (!plasmoid.configuration.separateLaunchers && tasks.dragSource != null
+                 && tasks.dragSource.m.IsLauncher === true && above != null
+                 && above.m.IsLauncher !== true && above == ignoredItem) {
                 return;
             } else {
                 ignoredItem = null;
             }
 
             if (tasksModel.sortMode == TaskManager.TasksModel.SortManual && tasks.dragSource) {
                 var insertAt = TaskTools.insertIndexAt(above, event.x, event.y);
 
                 if (!groupDialog.visible && tasks.dragSource != above && tasks.dragSource.itemIndex != insertAt) {
                     tasksModel.move(tasks.dragSource.itemIndex, insertAt);
                     ignoredItem = above;
                     ignoreItemTimer.restart();
                 }
             } else if (!tasks.dragSource && above && hoveredItem != above) {
                 hoveredItem = above;
                 activationTimer.restart();
             } else if (!above) {
                 hoveredItem = null;
                 activationTimer.stop();
             }
         }
 
         onDragLeave: {
             hoveredItem = null;
             activationTimer.stop();
         }
 
         onDrop: {
             // Reject internal drops.
             if (event.mimeData.formats.indexOf("application/x-orgkdeplasmataskmanager_taskbuttonitem") >= 0) {
                 return;
             }
 
             if (event.mimeData.hasUrls) {
                 parent.urlDropped(event.mimeData.url);
             }
         }
 
         Timer {
             id: activationTimer
 
             interval: 250
             repeat: false
 
             onTriggered: {
                 if (parent.hoveredItem.m.IsGroupParent === true) {
                     groupDialog.visualParent = parent.hoveredItem;
                     groupDialog.visible = true;
                 } else if (parent.hoveredItem.m.IsLauncher !== true) {
                     tasksModel.requestActivate(parent.hoveredItem.modelIndex());
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     MouseArea {
         id: wheelHandler
 
         anchors.fill: parent
         property int wheelDelta: 0;
         enabled: plasmoid.configuration.wheelEnabled
 
         onWheel: wheelDelta = TaskTools.wheelActivateNextPrevTask(wheelDelta, wheel.angleDelta.y);
     }
 }