diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.h b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.h
index 09d22acd01..a63f109eb0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ public:
 		RageFile f;
 		CString data;
 		
-		f.Open( "Data/splash.png" );
-		f.Read( data );
+		if( f.Open("Data/splash.png") )
+			f.Read( data );
 		MakeNewCocoaWindow( data.data(), data.length() );
 	}
 	~LoadingWindow_Cocoa() { DisposeOfCocoaWindow(); }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.m b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.m
index 84b907f06d..2b010b9ef6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.m
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/LoadingWindow/LoadingWindow_Cocoa.m
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ static NSTextView *text;
 void MakeNewCocoaWindow( const void *data, unsigned length )
 {
 	NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
-	NSData *d = [NSData dataWithBytes:data length:length];
-	NSImage *image = [[[NSImage alloc] initWithData:d] autorelease];
+	NSImage *image = nil;
+	
+	if( length )
+	{
+		NSData *d = [NSData dataWithBytes:data length:length];
+		
+		image = [[[NSImage alloc] initWithData:d] autorelease];
+	}
 	
 	if( !image )
 		image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"splash.png"];