diff --git a/android/app/src/main/cpp/mobileffmpeg.c b/android/app/src/main/cpp/mobileffmpeg.c
index 36a33caf0..5ab2f3a25 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/cpp/mobileffmpeg.c
+++ b/android/app/src/main/cpp/mobileffmpeg.c
@@ -848,14 +848,16 @@ JNIEXPORT int JNICALL Java_com_arthenica_mobileffmpeg_Config_setNativeEnvironmen
  * @return output of the last executed command
  */
 JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_arthenica_mobileffmpeg_Config_getNativeLastCommandOutput(JNIEnv *env, jclass object) {
-    int size = strlen(lastCommandOutput);
+    if (lastCommandOutput != NULL) {
+        int size = strlen(lastCommandOutput);
 
-    if (size > 0) {
-        jbyteArray byteArray = (*env)->NewByteArray(env, size);
-        (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, byteArray, 0, size, lastCommandOutput);
-        jstring charsetName = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, "UTF-8");
-        return (jstring) (*env)->NewObject(env, stringClass, stringConstructor, byteArray, charsetName);
-    } else {
-        return (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, "");
+        if (size > 0) {
+            jbyteArray byteArray = (*env)->NewByteArray(env, size);
+            (*env)->SetByteArrayRegion(env, byteArray, 0, size, lastCommandOutput);
+            jstring charsetName = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, "UTF-8");
+            return (jstring) (*env)->NewObject(env, stringClass, stringConstructor, byteArray, charsetName);
+        }
     }
+
+    return (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, "");
 }
diff --git a/android/test-app/src/main/java/com/arthenica/mobileffmpeg/test/CommandTabFragment.java b/android/test-app/src/main/java/com/arthenica/mobileffmpeg/test/CommandTabFragment.java
index ebe7bc7ec..15a516577 100644
--- a/android/test-app/src/main/java/com/arthenica/mobileffmpeg/test/CommandTabFragment.java
+++ b/android/test-app/src/main/java/com/arthenica/mobileffmpeg/test/CommandTabFragment.java
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ public void onClick(View v) {
             outputText = getView().findViewById(R.id.outputText);
             outputText.setMovementMethod(new ScrollingMovementMethod());
         }
+
+        android.util.Log.d(MainActivity.TAG, "Last command output was: " + FFmpeg.getLastCommandOutput());
     }
 
     @Override