diff --git a/platform/osx/crash_handler_osx.mm b/platform/osx/crash_handler_osx.mm
index ed8a955ae53..e19fdf1b9fa 100644
--- a/platform/osx/crash_handler_osx.mm
+++ b/platform/osx/crash_handler_osx.mm
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ static void handle_crash(int sig) {
 	void *bt_buffer[256];
 	size_t size = backtrace(bt_buffer, 256);
 	String _execpath = OS::get_singleton()->get_executable_path();
-	String msg = GLOBAL_GET("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+
+	String msg;
+	const ProjectSettings *proj_settings = ProjectSettings::get_singleton();
+	if (proj_settings) {
+		msg = proj_settings->get("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+	}
 
 	// Dump the backtrace to stderr with a message to the user
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: Program crashed with signal %d\n", __FUNCTION__, sig);
diff --git a/platform/windows/crash_handler_windows.cpp b/platform/windows/crash_handler_windows.cpp
index 4006c4c60ea..0716ee67f42 100644
--- a/platform/windows/crash_handler_windows.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/crash_handler_windows.cpp
@@ -166,11 +166,16 @@ DWORD CrashHandlerException(EXCEPTION_POINTERS *ep) {
 	line.SizeOfStruct = sizeof(line);
 	IMAGE_NT_HEADERS *h = ImageNtHeader(base);
 	DWORD image_type = h->FileHeader.Machine;
-	int n = 0;
-	String msg = GLOBAL_GET("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+
+	String msg;
+	const ProjectSettings *proj_settings = ProjectSettings::get_singleton();
+	if (proj_settings) {
+		msg = proj_settings->get("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+	}
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "Dumping the backtrace. %ls\n", msg.c_str());
 
+	int n = 0;
 	do {
 		if (skip_first) {
 			skip_first = false;
diff --git a/platform/x11/crash_handler_x11.cpp b/platform/x11/crash_handler_x11.cpp
index 1e7f393bddc..65ff6daa4f8 100644
--- a/platform/x11/crash_handler_x11.cpp
+++ b/platform/x11/crash_handler_x11.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ static void handle_crash(int sig) {
 	void *bt_buffer[256];
 	size_t size = backtrace(bt_buffer, 256);
 	String _execpath = OS::get_singleton()->get_executable_path();
-	String msg = GLOBAL_GET("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+
+	String msg;
+	const ProjectSettings *proj_settings = ProjectSettings::get_singleton();
+	if (proj_settings) {
+		msg = proj_settings->get("debug/settings/crash_handler/message");
+	}
 
 	// Dump the backtrace to stderr with a message to the user
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: Program crashed with signal %d\n", __FUNCTION__, sig);