diff --git a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
index ca5875aa5..082b406f3 100644
--- a/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
+++ b/extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
         }
 
         if (!BaseSettings.SETTINGS_DISABLE_BOLD_ICONS.get()
-                && SPOOF_APP_VERSION_TARGET.get().compareTo("19.35.00") <= 0) {
+                && SPOOF_APP_VERSION.get() && SPOOF_APP_VERSION_TARGET.get().compareTo("19.35.00") <= 0) {
             Logger.printInfo(() -> "Disabling bold icons that don't work with old spoof targets");
             BaseSettings.SETTINGS_DISABLE_BOLD_ICONS.save(true);
         }