diff --git a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
index 829ed9c4..19d464b0 100644
--- a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
+++ b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ gGraphView::gGraphView(QWidget *parent, gGraphView *shared)
 
     this->setMouseTracking(true);
     m_emptytext = STR_Empty_NoData;
-    this->setEmptyImage(QPixmap(":/icons/logo.png"));
+    m_emptyimage = QPixmap(":/icons/logo.png");
     InitGraphGlobals(); // FIXME: sstangl: handle error return.
 #ifdef ENABLE_THREADED_DRAWING
     m_idealthreads = QThread::idealThreadCount();
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ void gGraphView::paintGL()
             QRectF target(QRect(x, y, this->m_emptyimage.width(), this->m_emptyimage.height()));
             QRectF source(QRect(0, 0, this->m_emptyimage.width(), this->m_emptyimage.height()));
 
-            painter.drawPixmap(target, this->m_emptyimage, source);
+//            painter.drawPixmap(target, this->m_emptyimage, source);   // this is segfaulting! WHY ??
 
 //            tp2 = height() /2 + m_emptyimage.height()/2  + y2;
         } /*else {
diff --git a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
index d35ce4ff..c33459e3 100644
--- a/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
+++ b/oscar/Graphs/gGraphView.h
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ class gGraphView
     QString emptyText() { return m_emptytext; }
 
     //! \brief Sets the message displayed when there are no graphs to draw
-    void setEmptyImage(QPixmap pm) { m_emptyimage = pm; }
+    void setEmptyImage(QPixmap pm) { this->m_emptyimage = pm; }
 
     inline const float &devicePixelRatio() { return m_dpr; }
     void setDevicePixelRatio(float dpr) { m_dpr = dpr; }