diff --git a/src/ui/GTURTLEModeling.java b/src/ui/GTURTLEModeling.java
index e5ed370137af966ca4cf622187e5aa6f471bfa69..d7b9456dabee5e587e904f37e239d7b9b17d688a 100755
--- a/src/ui/GTURTLEModeling.java
+++ b/src/ui/GTURTLEModeling.java
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ public class GTURTLEModeling {
 	    t2a = new TML2Avatar(tmap);
 	    avatarspec = t2a.generateAvatarSpec(loopLimit);
 	}
-	else {
+	else if (avatarspec == null){
 	    return false;
 	}