diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceSynchronize.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceSynchronize.java
index 8ac017e3b3..483bef0b16 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceSynchronize.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ServiceSynchronize.java
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ public class ServiceSynchronize extends LifecycleService {
                 message.subject = imessage.getSubject();
                 message.body = helper.getHtml();
                 message.received = imessage.getReceivedDate().getTime();
-                message.sent = imessage.getSentDate().getTime();
+                message.sent = (imessage.getSentDate() == null ? null : imessage.getSentDate().getTime());
                 message.seen = seen;
                 message.ui_seen = seen;
                 message.ui_hide = false;