diff --git a/lib/dev/ui/appview.js b/lib/dev/ui/appview.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/dev/ui/appview.js
+++ b/lib/dev/ui/appview.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ var AppView = module.exports = View.extend({
         splitPanel.scrollUp()
       }else if (chr === '\t'){
         splitPanel.toggleFocus()
-      }else if (chr === ' '){
+      }else if (chr === ' ' && splitPanel){
         splitPanel.pageDown()
       }else if (chr === 'b'){
         splitPanel.pageUp()
Fixed undefined splitPanel logs