diff --git a/readline/src/main/java/org/aesh/readline/terminal/TerminalBuilder.java b/readline/src/main/java/org/aesh/readline/terminal/TerminalBuilder.java
index e03cb25..ae326a4 100644
--- a/readline/src/main/java/org/aesh/readline/terminal/TerminalBuilder.java
+++ b/readline/src/main/java/org/aesh/readline/terminal/TerminalBuilder.java
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ private Terminal createWindowsTerminal(String name) throws IOException {
 
     // Console.isTerminal() was introduced in Java 22
     private static boolean isTerminal(Console console) {
+        if (console == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
         try {
             Method isTerminal = Console.class.getMethod("isTerminal");
             try {