diff --git a/ranger/gui/ui.py b/ranger/gui/ui.py
index 15f68e8c4..7adb0f1ee 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/ui.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/ui.py
@@ -369,15 +369,18 @@ def draw(self):
         self.win.touchwin()
         DisplayableContainer.draw(self)
         if self._draw_title and self.settings.update_title:
-            cwd = self.fm.thisdir.path
-            if self.settings.tilde_in_titlebar \
-               and (cwd == self.fm.home_path
-                    or cwd.startswith(self.fm.home_path + "/")):
-                cwd = '~' + cwd[len(self.fm.home_path):]
-            if self.settings.shorten_title:
-                split = cwd.rsplit(os.sep, self.settings.shorten_title)
-                if os.sep in split[0]:
-                    cwd = os.sep.join(split[1:])
+            if self.fm.thisdir:
+                cwd = self.fm.thisdir.path
+                if self.settings.tilde_in_titlebar \
+                   and (cwd == self.fm.home_path
+                        or cwd.startswith(self.fm.home_path + "/")):
+                    cwd = '~' + cwd[len(self.fm.home_path):]
+                if self.settings.shorten_title:
+                    split = cwd.rsplit(os.sep, self.settings.shorten_title)
+                    if os.sep in split[0]:
+                        cwd = os.sep.join(split[1:])
+            else:
+                cwd = "not accessible"
             try:
                 fixed_cwd = cwd.encode('utf-8', 'surrogateescape'). \
                     decode('utf-8', 'replace')