diff --git a/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp b/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
index e5469dde1..df76f1e83 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4719,13 +4719,16 @@ bool MainWindow::LoadPattern(QString fileName, const QString& customMeasureFile)
 
     if (guiEnabled)
     { // No errors occurred
-        /* Collect garbage only after successfully parse. This way wrongly accused items have one more time to restore
-         * a reference. */
+        if (qApp->IsGUIMode())
+        {
+            /* Collect garbage only after successfully parse. This way wrongly accused items have one more time to restore
+             * a reference. */
 #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 4, 0)
-        QTimer::singleShot(100, Qt::CoarseTimer, this, [this](){doc->GarbageCollector(true);});
+            QTimer::singleShot(100, Qt::CoarseTimer, this, [this](){doc->GarbageCollector(true);});
 #else
-        doc->GarbageCollector(true);
+            doc->GarbageCollector(true);
 #endif
+        }
 
         patternReadOnly = doc->IsReadOnly();
         SetEnableWidgets(true);