diff --git a/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx b/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
index 0122e0e5e02f8d22d34a9f6bb216d2db8f984901..9c311792f58f04659235e762508538f00f91fe8a 100644
--- a/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
+++ b/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export class BookBuilder extends React.Component {
       return _.includes(productionEditorsTeam.members, u.id)
     })
 
+    if (_.isEmpty(productionEditors)) return
+
     this.setState({ productionEditor: productionEditors[0].username })
   }