diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
index 34030f13d..0083ad315 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/21-httpin.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
+    var rootApp;
     var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
     var multer = require("multer");
     var cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     var isUtf8 = require('is-utf8');
     var hashSum = require("hash-sum");
     var PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough;
-    var rootApp = getRootApp(RED.httpNode);
     var rawDataRoutes = new Set();
 
     /**
@@ -162,10 +162,12 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         return next();
     }
 
-    // Add middleware to the stack
-    rootApp.use(setupRawBodyCapture);
-    // Move the router to top of the stack 
-    rootApp._router.stack.unshift(rootApp._router.stack.pop());
+    if(typeof RED.httpNode === 'function' && (rootApp = getRootApp(RED.httpNode))) {
+        // Add middleware to the stack
+        rootApp.use(setupRawBodyCapture);
+        // Move the router to top of the stack 
+        rootApp._router.stack.unshift(rootApp._router.stack.pop());
+    }
 
     function createRequestWrapper(node,req) {
         // This misses a bunch of properties (eg headers). Before we use this function