diff --git a/frontend/src/app/corpus-selection/corpus-selection.component.html b/frontend/src/app/corpus-selection/corpus-selection.component.html
index 029a7dcf8..97e5a1474 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/corpus-selection/corpus-selection.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/corpus-selection/corpus-selection.component.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ <h1 class="title">
             <ia-corpus-selector [corpus]="item"></ia-corpus-selector>
         </div>
 
-        <p *ngIf="displayItems.length == 0">
+        <p *ngIf="displayItems?.length == 0">
             <i>No corpora to display.</i>
         </p>
     </div>