diff --git a/FileOFF.cc b/FileOFF.cc
index ee4adf8958fa88110ab1f1b9869a9ab1522b3561..a6bf2cc742567b1754377d5d7af71b8f02d1c9d4 100644
--- a/FileOFF.cc
+++ b/FileOFF.cc
@@ -1231,7 +1231,10 @@ int FileOFFPlugin::loadObject(QString _filename, DataType _type) {
 bool FileOFFPlugin::saveObject(int _id, QString _filename)
 {
     BaseObjectData* object;
-    PluginFunctions::getObject(_id,object);
+    if ( !PluginFunctions::getObject(_id,object) ) {
+      emit log(LOGERR, tr("saveObject : cannot get object id %1 for save name %2").arg(_id).arg(_filename) );
+      return false;
+    }
 
     std::string filename = std::string( _filename.toUtf8() );