2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 49a2fbbb..a9c7fabd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 - include strings from mgaapplet-update-checker & mgaapplet-upgrade-helper
 - restore old translations
 - fix some gtk2 -> gtk3 migration fallouts (mga#12527)
+- fix crashing if there's not notification daemon (mga#12416)
 
 Version 3.9 - 25 January 2014, Colin Guthrie
 
diff --git a/mgaapplet b/mgaapplet
index 3474def6..5991921d 100755
--- a/mgaapplet
+++ b/mgaapplet
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ sub setState {
         $bubble->set_urgency($state{$state}{urgency}) if $state{$state}{urgency};
         my $timeout = 5000;
         $bubble->set_timeout($timeout);
-        Glib::Timeout->add($timeout, sub { $bubble->close; 0 });
+        Glib::Timeout->add($timeout, sub { eval { $bubble->close }; 0 });
         eval { $bubble->show };
         warn ">> ERR:$@" if $@;
     }