diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 060d4b5..78a37ec 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.4.1
\ No newline at end of file
+0.2.4.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ufbt/bootstrap.py b/ufbt/bootstrap.py
index 4188ef1..8a6ba3e 100644
--- a/ufbt/bootstrap.py
+++ b/ufbt/bootstrap.py
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def _func(self, args) -> int:
             if current_task.mode:
                 task_to_deploy = current_task
             # No previous state, use default hw target
-            if not task_to_deploy.hw_target:
+            if task_to_deploy and not task_to_deploy.hw_target:
                 task_to_deploy.hw_target = SdkDeployTask.DEFAULT_HW_TARGET
             else:
                 log.warn("No previous SDK state was found, fetching latest release")