 <p>I had this exact problem today, while making a sample project for another SO answer! It looks like your xib is trying to connect an outlet to your view controller instead of your cell. In your screenshot, the outlets look correctly defined, but occasionally an old outlet definition can get left in the underlying XML and cause this type of crash. </p> <p>If you've changed the files owner class after connecting some outlets, for example, this could confuse it. </p> <p>You may be able to find it by opening the xib as "source code", look for the element and check there are only the entries you expect. Perhaps search the XML file for <code>albumLabel</code> as well. </p> <p>If that doesn't work, you may have to scrap the xib and start again. </p>