diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a790571..7699cc25 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a12-194-g06c229dfd4+1
\ No newline at end of file
+a12-195-g7cc0f7cb99+1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/src/option.c b/common/src/option.c
index 199b4f50..cef3ed0f 100644
--- a/common/src/option.c
+++ b/common/src/option.c
@@ -415,6 +415,13 @@ bool option_load(const char * filename)
       case '\n':
         if (name)
         {
+          if (!module)
+          {
+            DEBUG_ERROR("Syntax error on line %d, module not specified for option", lineno);
+            result = false;
+            goto exit;
+          }
+
           struct Option * o = option_get(module, name);
           if (!o)
             DEBUG_WARN("Ignored unknown option %s:%s", module, name);