diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 3a3d66001..b942f6c9e 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.250 $ $NHDT-Date: 1595006054 2020/07/17 17:14:14 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.251 $ $NHDT-Date: 1595102359 2020/07/18 19:59:19 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ curses: for vertical status, line up conditions in columns; usually two but
 	used to align entries in their columns--that's a feature...]
 msdos: add -DSTATUES_LOOK_LIKE_MONSTERS to Makefile1.cross so the VESA mode
 	can display statue glyphs
+Qt: quit if can't load tiles file instead of continuing and then segfaulting
 tiles: add indicator of thonged portion to aklys tile
 tty: role and race selection menus weren't filtering out potential choices
 	which got excluded by OPTIONS=align:!lawful or !neutral or !chaotic
diff --git a/win/Qt/qt_glyph.cpp b/win/Qt/qt_glyph.cpp
index 1e01adb9d..b804b939e 100644
--- a/win/Qt/qt_glyph.cpp
+++ b/win/Qt/qt_glyph.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 #include "qt_post.h"
 #include "qt_glyph.h"
+#include "qt_bind.h"
 #include "qt_set.h"
 #include "qt_str.h"
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ static int tilefile_tile_H=16;
 NetHackQtGlyphs::NetHackQtGlyphs()
 {
     const char* tile_file = PIXMAPDIR "/nhtiles.bmp";
+
     if ( iflags.wc_tile_file )
 	tile_file = iflags.wc_tile_file;
 
@@ -54,13 +56,17 @@ NetHackQtGlyphs::NetHackQtGlyphs()
 	tile_file = PIXMAPDIR "/x11tiles";
 	if (!img.load(tile_file)) {
 	    QString msg;
-	    msg.sprintf("Cannot load x11tiles or nhtiles.bmp");
+
+            msg.sprintf("Cannot load 'nhtiles.bmp' or 'x11tiles'.");
 	    QMessageBox::warning(0, "IO Error", msg);
+            NetHackQtBind::qt_exit_nhwindows((const char *) 0);
+            nh_terminate(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	} else {
 	    tiles_per_row = TILES_PER_ROW;
-	    if (img.width()%tiles_per_row) {
-		impossible("Tile file \"%s\" has %d columns, not multiple of row count (%d)",
-			tile_file, img.width(), tiles_per_row);
+            if (img.width() % tiles_per_row) {
+                impossible(
+            "Tile file \"%s\" has %d columns, not multiple of row count (%d)",
+                           tile_file, img.width(), tiles_per_row);
 	    }
 	}
     } else {