diff -ur xfce4-stopwatch-plugin-0.2.0.orig/panel-plugin/stopwatch.c xfce4-stopwatch-plugin-0.2.0/panel-plugin/stopwatch.c
--- xfce4-stopwatch-plugin-0.2.0.orig/panel-plugin/stopwatch.c	2009-07-28 01:47:25.000000000 +0300
+++ xfce4-stopwatch-plugin-0.2.0/panel-plugin/stopwatch.c	2010-10-01 12:06:28.000000000 +0300
@@ -582,7 +582,11 @@
 	g_return_if_fail (panel_plugin != NULL);
 	_tmp0_ = NULL;
 	_tmp1_ = NULL;
-	rc = (_tmp1_ = xfce_rc_simple_open (_tmp0_ = xfce_panel_plugin_lookup_rc_file (panel_plugin), TRUE), _tmp0_ = (g_free (_tmp0_), NULL), _tmp1_);
+	_tmp0_ = xfce_panel_plugin_lookup_rc_file (panel_plugin);
+	if (!_tmp0_)
+		return;
+	rc = xfce_rc_simple_open (_tmp0_, TRUE);
+	g_free (_tmp0_);
 	elapsed = (my_time_val_init_zero (&_tmp2_), _tmp2_);
 	sscanf (xfce_rc_read_entry (rc, "elapsed_sec", "0"), "%ld", &elapsed.tv_sec);
 	sscanf (xfce_rc_read_entry (rc, "elapsed_usec", "0"), "%ld", &elapsed.tv_usec);