diff --git a/src/controls/ItemViewHeader.qml b/src/controls/ItemViewHeader.qml
index 515f171c..4f94a736 100644
--- a/src/controls/ItemViewHeader.qml
+++ b/src/controls/ItemViewHeader.qml
@@ -1,114 +1,114 @@
 /*
  *   Copyright 2017 Marco Martin <mart@kde.org>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
  *   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 or
  *   (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *   GNU Library General Public License for more details
  *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
  *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 import QtQuick 2.5
 import QtQuick.Templates 2.0 as T2
 import QtGraphicalEffects 1.0
 import org.kde.kirigami 2.4 as Kirigami
 import "private"
 
 /**
  * An item that can be used as an header for a ListView.
  * It will play nice with the margin policies of ScrollablePage and can
  * automatically shrink when the list is scrolled, like the behavior
  * of list headers in many mobile applications.
  * It provides some default content: a title and an optional background image
  * @since 2.1
  */
 Kirigami.AbstractItemViewHeader {
     id: root
     property alias title: heading.text
     property alias color: heading.color
 
     property alias backgroundImage: image
 
     maximumHeight: (backgroundImage.hasImage ? 10 : 6) * Kirigami.Units.gridUnit - (applicationWindow().header ? applicationWindow().header.height : 0) - bottomPadding
     bottomPadding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
     leftPadding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
 
     background: Rectangle {
         id: backgroundItem
         color: Kirigami.Theme.backgroundColor
         Image {
             id: image
             anchors.fill: parent
             readonly property bool hasImage: backgroundImage.status === Image.Ready || backgroundImage.status === Image.Loading
             fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectCrop
             asynchronous: true
         }
         EdgeShadow {
             edge: root.view.headerPositioning == ListView.InlineHeader ? Qt.BottomEdge : Qt.TopEdge
             anchors {
                 right: parent.right
                 left: parent.left
                 top: root.view.headerPositioning == ListView.InlineHeader ? undefined : parent.bottom
                 bottom: root.view.headerPositioning == ListView.InlineHeader ? parent.top : undefined
             }
         }
 
         readonly property Page page: {
             var obj = root.view;
             while(obj && !obj.hasOwnProperty("title") && !obj.hasOwnProperty("isCurrentPage")) {
                 obj = obj.parent
             }
             return obj;
         }
         Rectangle {
             id: rect
-            color: backgroundItem.page.isCurrentPage ? Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor : Kirigami.Theme.disabledTextColor
+            color: backgroundItem.page && backgroundItem.page.isCurrentPage ? Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor : Kirigami.Theme.disabledTextColor
             height: root.bottomPadding
             anchors {
                 left: parent.left
                 right: parent.right
                 bottom: parent.bottom
             }
         }
     }
 
     contentItem: Item {
         Kirigami.Heading {
             id: heading
             anchors {
                 fill: parent
                 margins:  Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
             }
 
             height: undefined
             text: page.title
             fontSizeMode: Text.Fit
             minimumPointSize: 10
             font.pointSize: 30
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignBottom
             color: root.backgroundImage.hasImage ? Kirigami.Theme.highlightedTextColor : Kirigami.Theme.highlightColor
             opacity: 1
             elide: Text.ElideRight
 
             layer.enabled: root.backgroundImage.hasImage
             layer.effect: DropShadow {
                 horizontalOffset: 0
                 verticalOffset: 2
                 radius: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing*2
                 samples: 32
                 color: Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)
             }
         }
     }
 }