Index: trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMerge.c
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--- trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMerge.c	(revision 15476)
+++ trunk/ppMerge/src/ppMerge.c	(revision 15631)
@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@
 
     // Output the statistics
-    if (data->statsFile) {
+    if (data->statsFile && data->stats) {
         psString statsOut = psMetadataConfigFormat(data->stats); // String to write out
         fprintf(data->statsFile, "%s", statsOut);