diff -r 570026d3a685 -r 47bc686fafe4 src/server/daemon/resourcepool.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/resourcepool.c	Sun May 15 08:56:00 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/server/daemon/resourcepool.c	Sun Aug 07 13:46:43 2022 +0200
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     ResourceDataPrivate *resource = NULL;
     
     // was this resource already used by this request?
-    if(request->resources) {
+    if(request && request->resources) {
         resource = ucx_map_cstr_get(request->resources, name);
         if(resource) {
             return &resource->data;
@@ -170,17 +170,19 @@
     // for cleanup later
     int err = 0;
     if(resource) {
-        if(!request->resources) {
-            request->resources = ucx_map_new_a(&session->allocator, 8);
-        }
-        
-        if(request->resources) {
-            if(ucx_map_cstr_put(request->resources, name, resource)) {
+        if(request) {
+            if(!request->resources) {
+                request->resources = ucx_map_new_a(&session->allocator, 8);
+            }
+
+            if(request->resources) {
+                if(ucx_map_cstr_put(request->resources, name, resource)) {
+                    err = 1;
+                }
+            } else {
                 err = 1;
             }
-        } else {
-            err = 1;
-        }
+        } // else: lookup is outside of any request context
         
         if(respool->type->prepare(respool->data, resource->resdata)) {
             err = -1;