diff --git a/Controller/BackendController.php b/Controller/BackendController.php
index 78a341a..da8db17 100644
--- a/Controller/BackendController.php
+++ b/Controller/BackendController.php
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller
         $view->setTemplate('/Modules/Labeling/Theme/Backend/layout-view');
         $view->data['nav'] = $this->app->moduleManager->get('Navigation')->createNavigationMid(1005701001, $request, $response);
 
-        /** @var \Modules\Labeling\Models\LabelLayout[] $layouts */
-        $layout = LabelLayoutMapper::get()
+        $view->data['layout'] = LabelLayoutMapper::get()
             ->with('l11n')
             ->with('template')
             ->with('template/sources')
@@ -175,8 +174,6 @@ final class BackendController extends Controller
             ->where('id', (int) $request->getData('id'))
             ->execute();
 
-        $view->data['layout'] = $layout;
-
         return $view;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Models/Label.php b/Models/Label.php
index 23e3371..5c9f2ad 100644
--- a/Models/Label.php
+++ b/Models/Label.php
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ class Label
                 // should rotate
                 if ($element->rotate !== 0.0) {
                     $rotated = \imagerotate($in, $element->rotate, $transparency);
+                    if ($rotated === false) {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+
                     \imagealphablending($rotated, false);
                     \imagesavealpha($rotated, true);