diff --git a/kicad/kicad.cpp b/kicad/kicad.cpp
index 8dc657fe2c..00edea617f 100644
--- a/kicad/kicad.cpp
+++ b/kicad/kicad.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004-2015 Jean-Pierre Charras, jp.charras at wanadoo.fr
- * Copyright (C) 2004-2015 KiCad Developers, see change_log.txt for contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2017 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <kiway.h>
 #include <richio.h>
 #include <wildcards_and_files_ext.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include "pgm_kicad.h"
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ KIFACE_I& Kiface()
     // not to be actually called.
     wxLogFatalError( wxT( "Unexpected call to Kiface() in kicad/kicad.cpp" ) );
 
-    return (KIFACE_I&) *(KIFACE_I*) 0;
+    throw std::logic_error( "Unexpected call to Kiface() in kicad/kicad.cpp" );
 }
 
 static PGM_KICAD program;