diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/ActionUtils.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/ActionUtils.java
index 6fda9f6aecf2f0441458dc783d5faa8bea81a9d0..1ec2dd5221bedad8c9c820f4936008e68296a529 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/ActionUtils.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/base/ui/utils/ActionUtils.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.fortiss.tooling.base.ui.utils;
 
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Action;
 import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Utility methods for handling JFace {@link Action}s.
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
  * @author hoelzl
  * @author $Author$
  * @version $Rev$
- * @ConQAT.Rating GREEN Hash: 2CF844E52ABEFC0EF8EF0A639EA10D5F
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: C8DACEDA16494E5C0312EFC88604471D
  */
 public class ActionUtils {
 
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ public class ActionUtils {
 		action.setText(name);
 		action.setToolTipText(toolTip);
 		action.setEnabled(true);
+
+		Assert.assertNotNull(icon);
+		Assert.assertNotNull(disabledIcon);
+
 		action.setImageDescriptor(icon);
 		action.setDisabledImageDescriptor(disabledIcon);
 	}