diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index b125bcf62..aa8155108 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class Photo < Post
   end
 
   def process
-    return false if self.processed? || unprocessed_image.path.include?('.gif')
+    return false if self.processed? || (!unprocessed_image.path.nil? &&unprocessed_image.path.include?('.gif'))
     processed_image.store!(unprocessed_image) #Ultra naive
     save!
   end