diff --git a/src/zapit/src/capmt.cpp b/src/zapit/src/capmt.cpp
index 3a9d6f932..7ed24eb44 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/capmt.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/capmt.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ bool CCamManager::SetMode(t_channel_id channel_id, enum runmode mode, bool start
 	//INFO("channel %llx [%s] mode %d %s update %d", channel_id, channel->getName().c_str(), mode, start ? "START" : "STOP", force_update);
 
 	/* FIXME until proper demux management */
+#if ! HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE
+	CFrontend *dfe = CFEManager::getInstance()->allocateFE(channel);
+	int fenum = -1;
+	if (dfe)
+		fenum = dfe->getNumber();
+#endif
 	switch(mode) {
 		case PLAY:
 #if HAVE_COOL_HARDWARE
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ bool CCamManager::SetMode(t_channel_id channel_id, enum runmode mode, bool start
 #else
 			source = cDemux::GetSource(0);
 			demux = cDemux::GetSource(0);
-			INFO("PLAY: fe_num %d dmx_src %d", CFEManager::getInstance()->allocateFE(channel)->getNumber(), cDemux::GetSource(0));
+			INFO("PLAY: fe_num %d dmx_src %d", fenum, cDemux::GetSource(0));
 #endif
 			break;
 		case STREAM:
@@ -248,7 +254,7 @@ bool CCamManager::SetMode(t_channel_id channel_id, enum runmode mode, bool start
 #else
 			source = cDemux::GetSource(channel->getRecordDemux());
 			demux = source;
-			INFO("RECORD/STREAM(%d): fe_num %d rec_dmx %d dmx_src %d", mode, CFEManager::getInstance()->allocateFE(channel)->getNumber(), channel->getRecordDemux(), demux);
+			INFO("RECORD/STREAM(%d): fe_num %d rec_dmx %d dmx_src %d", mode, fenum, channel->getRecordDemux(), demux);
 #endif
 			break;
 		case PIP: