Index: /trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c
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--- /trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 15332)
+++ /trunk/psModules/src/camera/pmFPAfileIO.c	(revision 15333)
@@ -386,4 +386,7 @@
         pmHDU *hdu = pmFPAviewThisHDU(view, file->fpa);
         if (hdu) {
+            if (!hdu->header) {
+                hdu->header = psMetadataAlloc();
+            }
             pmConfigConformHeader(hdu->header, file->format);
         }