diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
index f7fb17e8af9ca2a3c0bc8b48fe3cd630ad313222..baedc2781581da2aab5a77c30e2c4452eb961442 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ const DashboardCard = ({
 
 const isHEToManuscript = (state, collectionId) => {
   const currentUserId = get(state, 'currentUser.user.id')
-  const collection = state.collections.find(c => c.id === collectionId) || {}
+  const collections = get(state, 'collections') || []
+  const collection = collections.find(c => c.id === collectionId) || {}
   const userInvitation = collection.invitations.find(
     i => i.role === 'handlingEditor' && i.userId === currentUserId,
   )