diff --git a/apps/android/boot.js b/apps/android/boot.js
index d34cf50cc..9e24c9893 100644
--- a/apps/android/boot.js
+++ b/apps/android/boot.js
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@
       },
       "alarm" : function() {
         //wipe existing GB alarms
-        var gbalarms = require("sched").getAlarms().filter(a=>a.appid=="gbalarms");
-        for (var i = 0; i < gbalarms.length; i++) {
-          require("sched").setAlarm(gbalarms[i].id, undefined);
-        }
-        var alarms = require("sched").getAlarms();
+        var sched;
+        try { sched = require("sched"); } catch (e) {}
+        if (!sched) return; // alarms may not be installed
+        var gbalarms = sched.getAlarms().filter(a=>a.appid=="gbalarms");
+        for (var i = 0; i < gbalarms.length; i++)
+          sched.setAlarm(gbalarms[i].id, undefined);
+        var alarms = sched.getAlarms();
         var time = new Date();
         var currentTime = time.getHours() * 3600000 +
                           time.getMinutes() * 60000 +
@@ -78,8 +80,8 @@
           };
           alarms.push(a);
         }
-        require("sched").setAlarms(alarms);
-        require("sched").reload();
+        sched.setAlarms(alarms);
+        sched.reload();
       },
     };
     var h = HANDLERS[event.t];
diff --git a/apps/sched/lib.js b/apps/sched/lib.js
index 9cda7c147..891776263 100644
--- a/apps/sched/lib.js
+++ b/apps/sched/lib.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ exports.getTimeToAlarm = function(alarm, time) {
 /// Force a reload of the current alarms and widget
 exports.reload = function() {
   eval(require("Storage").read("sched.boot.js"));
-  if (WIDGETS["alarm"]) {
+  if (global.WIDGETS && WIDGETS["alarm"]) {
     WIDGETS["alarm"].reload();
     Bangle.drawWidgets();
   }