diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 8a3aab68b..1c46f2622 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1266,6 +1266,7 @@ class FurnaceGUIRender {
     virtual void initGUI(SDL_Window* win);
     virtual void quitGUI();
     virtual bool quit();
+    virtual bool isDead();
     virtual ~FurnaceGUIRender();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/gui/render/abstract.cpp b/src/gui/render/abstract.cpp
index a45c4ecd2..2b2e419e2 100644
--- a/src/gui/render/abstract.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/render/abstract.cpp
@@ -99,5 +99,9 @@ bool FurnaceGUIRender::quit() {
 void FurnaceGUIRender::quitGUI() { 
 }
 
+bool FurnaceGUIRender::isDead() {
+  return false;
+}
+
 FurnaceGUIRender::~FurnaceGUIRender() {
 }