diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/JsonTimerTask.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/JsonTimerTask.java
index e0ad0e55..dd88ffcf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/JsonTimerTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/JsonTimerTask.java
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ class JsonTimerTask extends TimerTask {
         //Handles Updates
         for (World world : this.server.getWorlds()) {
             //Parse region file for multi world style
-            if(regions.getBoolean("useworldpath", false))
-                parseRegionFile(world.getName() + "/" + regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"), regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml").replace(".", "_" + world.getName() + ".yml"));
+            if (regions != null)
+                if (regions.getBoolean("useworldpath", false))
+                    parseRegionFile(world.getName() + "/" + regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"), regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml").replace(".", "_" + world.getName() + ".yml"));
 
             current = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
@@ -125,8 +126,9 @@ class JsonTimerTask extends TimerTask {
         lastTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         //Parse regions file for non worlds style
-        if (!regions.getBoolean("useworldpath", false))
-             parseRegionFile(regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"), regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"));
+        if (null != regions)
+            if (!regions.getBoolean("useworldpath", false))
+                parseRegionFile(regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"), regions.getString("filename", "regions.yml"));
     }
 
     //handles parsing and writing region json files