diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 395d9591..06d3c3ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR )
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ecbuild/cmake")
 find_package( ecbuild 3.4 REQUIRED )
 
-project( magics VERSION 4.15.0 LANGUAGES CXX )
+
+# In prepaation for hotfix of 4.14.0
+project( magics VERSION 4.14.1 LANGUAGES CXX )
+
 
 # make sure that the header files are installed into include/magics
 # note that this needs to be done before ecbuild_declare_project()
diff --git a/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc b/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
index ddba2ae9..729e1cbb 100644
--- a/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
+++ b/src/visualisers/EpsGraph.cc
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ magics::Polyline* EpsGraph::newForecast() {
 }
 
 void EpsGraph::pushControl(magics::Polyline* control, BasicGraphicsObjectContainer& visitor) {
+    if ( !control_ )
+        return;
     const Transformation& transformation = visitor.transformation();
     if (!control->empty() && whisker_) {
         transformation(*control, visitor);