--- a/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Sun Dec 07 14:36:28 2014 -0500
+++ b/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Mon Dec 08 09:35:14 2014 -0500
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
             begin
             if curHandledGear^.RenderTimer and (curHandledGear^.Timer > 500) and ((curHandledGear^.Timer mod 1000) = 0) then
                 begin
-                FreeTexture(curHandledGear^.Tex);
+                FreeAndNilTexture(curHandledGear^.Tex);
                 curHandledGear^.Tex:= RenderStringTex(ansistring(inttostr(curHandledGear^.Timer div 1000)), cWhiteColor, fntSmall);
                 end;
             curHandledGear^.doStep(curHandledGear);