diff --git a/plugins/base/utils/source-setting.cpp b/plugins/base/utils/source-setting.cpp
index dedde8f2..83ec5734 100644
--- a/plugins/base/utils/source-setting.cpp
+++ b/plugins/base/utils/source-setting.cpp
@@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ void SetSourceSetting(obs_source_t *source, const SourceSetting &setting,
 	case OBS_DATA_OBJECT: {
 		OBSDataAutoRelease json =
 			obs_data_create_from_json(value.c_str());
+		if (!json) {
+			blog(LOG_WARNING,
+			     "not setting invalid data object settings value! (%s)",
+			     value.c_str());
+			break;
+		}
 		obs_data_set_obj(data, id.c_str(), json);
 		break;
 	}