diff --git a/plugins/Kaleidoscope-Colormap-Overlay/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/Colormap-Overlay.cpp b/plugins/Kaleidoscope-Colormap-Overlay/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/Colormap-Overlay.cpp
index 590ae6423f..b4ed22acb9 100644
--- a/plugins/Kaleidoscope-Colormap-Overlay/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/Colormap-Overlay.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Kaleidoscope-Colormap-Overlay/src/kaleidoscope/plugin/Colormap-Overlay.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ EventHandlerResult ColormapOverlay::onSetup() {
 }
 
 void ColormapOverlay::setKeyboardLEDColors() {
+  if (!Runtime.has_leds)
+    return;
+
   for (auto key_addr : KeyAddr::all()) {
     if (ColormapOverlay::hasOverlay(key_addr)) {
       ::LEDControl.setCrgbAt(KeyAddr(key_addr), selectedColor);