diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 9dc351b5..5b5d03e5 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -3845,6 +3845,7 @@ module.exports.CreateDB = function (parent, func) {
 
     // Called when a node has changed
     function dbNodeChange(nodeChange, added) {
+        if (parent.webserver == null) return;
         common.unEscapeLinksFieldName(nodeChange.fullDocument);
         const node = performTypedRecordDecrypt([nodeChange.fullDocument])[0];
         parent.DispatchEvent(['*', node.meshid], obj, { etype: 'node', action: (added ? 'addnode' : 'changenode'), node: parent.webserver.CloneSafeNode(node), nodeid: node._id, domain: node.domain, nolog: 1 });