diff --git a/Greenshot/Drawing/Fields/AbstractFieldHolder.cs b/Greenshot/Drawing/Fields/AbstractFieldHolder.cs
index 1a31e073e..6be20aa92 100644
--- a/Greenshot/Drawing/Fields/AbstractFieldHolder.cs
+++ b/Greenshot/Drawing/Fields/AbstractFieldHolder.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace Greenshot.Drawing.Fields
 
 		public object GetFieldValue(IFieldType fieldType)
 		{
-			return GetField(fieldType).Value;
+			return GetField(fieldType)?.Value;
 		}
 
 		#region convenience methods to save us some casts outside
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ namespace Greenshot.Drawing.Fields
 			return Convert.ToBoolean(GetFieldValue(fieldType));
 		}
 
-		public Color GetFieldValueAsColor(IFieldType fieldType)
+		public Color GetFieldValueAsColor(IFieldType fieldType, Color defaultColor = default(Color))
 		{
-			return (Color)GetFieldValue(fieldType);
+			return (Color)(GetFieldValue(fieldType) ?? defaultColor);
 		}
 		#endregion
 
diff --git a/Greenshot/Drawing/RectangleContainer.cs b/Greenshot/Drawing/RectangleContainer.cs
index d7e2cb37e..92261ca7e 100644
--- a/Greenshot/Drawing/RectangleContainer.cs
+++ b/Greenshot/Drawing/RectangleContainer.cs
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ namespace Greenshot.Drawing {
 		
 		public override void Draw(Graphics graphics, RenderMode rm) {
 			int lineThickness = GetFieldValueAsInt(FieldType.LINE_THICKNESS);
-			Color lineColor = GetFieldValueAsColor(FieldType.LINE_COLOR);
-			Color fillColor = GetFieldValueAsColor(FieldType.FILL_COLOR);
+			Color lineColor = GetFieldValueAsColor(FieldType.LINE_COLOR, Color.Red);
+			Color fillColor = GetFieldValueAsColor(FieldType.FILL_COLOR, Color.Transparent);
 			bool shadow = GetFieldValueAsBool(FieldType.SHADOW);
 			Rectangle rect = GuiRectangle.GetGuiRectangle(Left, Top, Width, Height);