diff --git a/source/application/StarApplicationController.hpp b/source/application/StarApplicationController.hpp
index 341e15e..0e288d2 100644
--- a/source/application/StarApplicationController.hpp
+++ b/source/application/StarApplicationController.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
   virtual bool openAudioInputDevice(const char* name, int freq, int channels, void* userdata, AudioCallback callback) = 0;
   virtual bool closeAudioInputDevice() = 0;
 
+  virtual bool hasClipboard() = 0;
   virtual void setClipboard(String text) = 0;
   virtual Maybe<String> getClipboard() = 0;
 
diff --git a/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp b/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
index 7b1601f..1b5a1f4 100644
--- a/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
+++ b/source/application/StarMainApplication_sdl.cpp
@@ -481,6 +481,10 @@ private:
     Controller(SdlPlatform* parent)
       : parent(parent) {}
 
+    bool hasClipboard() override {
+      return SDL_HasClipboardText();
+    }
+
     Maybe<String> getClipboard() override {
       Maybe<String> string;
       if (SDL_HasClipboardText()) {
diff --git a/source/client/StarClientApplication.cpp b/source/client/StarClientApplication.cpp
index e5cf601..6df7916 100644
--- a/source/client/StarClientApplication.cpp
+++ b/source/client/StarClientApplication.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ void ClientApplication::changeState(MainAppState newState) {
 
     m_universeClient->setLuaCallbacks("input", LuaBindings::makeInputCallbacks());
     m_universeClient->setLuaCallbacks("voice", LuaBindings::makeVoiceCallbacks());
-    if(!m_root->configuration()->get("safeScripts").toBool())
+    if (!m_root->configuration()->get("safeScripts").toBool())
       m_universeClient->setLuaCallbacks("clipboard", LuaBindings::makeClipboardCallbacks(appController()));
 
     auto heldScriptPanes = make_shared<List<MainInterface::ScriptPaneInfo>>();
diff --git a/source/frontend/StarClipboardLuaBindings.cpp b/source/frontend/StarClipboardLuaBindings.cpp
index c4fbc41..c8a8dfe 100644
--- a/source/frontend/StarClipboardLuaBindings.cpp
+++ b/source/frontend/StarClipboardLuaBindings.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #include "StarClipboardLuaBindings.hpp"
 #include "StarLuaConverters.hpp"
 
-#include "SDL2/SDL.h"
-
 namespace Star {
 
 LuaCallbacks LuaBindings::makeClipboardCallbacks(ApplicationControllerPtr appController) {
   LuaCallbacks callbacks;
 
-  callbacks.registerCallback("hasText", []() -> bool { return SDL_HasClipboardText() == SDL_TRUE;});
+  callbacks.registerCallback("hasText", [appController]() -> bool {
+    return appController->hasClipboard();
+  });
 
   callbacks.registerCallback("getText", [appController]() -> Maybe<String> {
     return appController->getClipboard();
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ LuaCallbacks LuaBindings::makeClipboardCallbacks(ApplicationControllerPtr appCon
   return callbacks;
 };
 
-}// namespace Star
+}