diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.cpp
index 1e37c88b..61631925 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ namespace SHADE
       // If has positions, feed data to buffer.
       if (comp.HasPositions())
       {
+        auto meshHandle = comp.GetMesh();
+
+        // dont do anything if no mesh
+        if (!meshHandle)
+          continue;
+
         SHTransformComponent* transform = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHTransformComponent>(comp.GetEID());
         if (transform)
         {
@@ -104,7 +110,6 @@ namespace SHADE
           // Will be used for baseInstance later
           uint32_t oldTransformDataSize = transformData.size();
 
-          auto meshHandle = comp.GetMesh();
 
           auto const& positions = comp.GetPositions();
           for (auto& pos : positions)