--- a/SimpleView.st	Fri Oct 04 11:44:04 2019 +0200
+++ b/SimpleView.st	Fri Oct 11 08:54:12 2019 +0200
@@ -8147,7 +8147,8 @@
 
     super initialize.
 
-    self basicFont:self defaultFont.
+    "/ cannot do this here; there might be no gc yet
+    "/ self basicFont:self defaultFont.
 
     shown := realized := false.
     "/ explicitExtent := false.