diff --git a/src/guiengine/message_queue.cpp b/src/guiengine/message_queue.cpp
index b3820ed96..31843472e 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/message_queue.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/message_queue.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "guiengine/engine.hpp"
 #include "guiengine/scalable_font.hpp"
 #include "guiengine/skin.hpp"
+#include "modes/profile_world.hpp"
 #include "utils/synchronised.hpp"
 #include "utils/translation.hpp"
 
@@ -293,6 +294,8 @@ void updatePosition()
 void add(MessageType mt, const irr::core::stringw &message)
 {
 #ifndef SERVER_ONLY
+    if (ProfileWorld::isNoGraphics())
+        return;
     Message *m = new TextMessage(mt, message);
     privateAdd(m);
 #endif
@@ -308,6 +311,9 @@ void add(MessageType mt, const irr::core::stringw &message)
 void update(float dt)
 {
 #ifndef SERVER_ONLY
+    if (ProfileWorld::isNoGraphics())
+        return;
+
     if (!g_container)
         g_container = new SkinWidgetContainer();
 
@@ -341,6 +347,9 @@ void update(float dt)
 void showProgressBar(int progress, const wchar_t* msg)
 {
 #ifndef SERVER_ONLY
+    if (ProfileWorld::isNoGraphics())
+        return;
+
     g_progress_bar_msg.setProgress(progress, msg);
 #endif
 }   // showProgressBar