diff --git a/api/models/Prompt.js b/api/models/Prompt.js
index 58ef78cf7d..60456884a8 100644
--- a/api/models/Prompt.js
+++ b/api/models/Prompt.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const getAllPromptGroups = async (req, filter) => {
 
     if (searchShared) {
       const project = await getProjectByName(Constants.GLOBAL_PROJECT_NAME, 'promptGroupIds');
-      if (project && project.promptGroupIds.length > 0) {
+      if (project && project.promptGroupIds && project.promptGroupIds.length > 0) {
         const projectQuery = { _id: { $in: project.promptGroupIds }, ...query };
         delete projectQuery.author;
         combinedQuery = searchSharedOnly ? projectQuery : { $or: [projectQuery, query] };
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ const getPromptGroups = async (req, filter) => {
     if (searchShared) {
       // const projects = req.user.projects || []; // TODO: handle multiple projects
       const project = await getProjectByName(Constants.GLOBAL_PROJECT_NAME, 'promptGroupIds');
-      if (project && project.promptGroupIds.length > 0) {
+      if (project && project.promptGroupIds && project.promptGroupIds.length > 0) {
         const projectQuery = { _id: { $in: project.promptGroupIds }, ...query };
         delete projectQuery.author;
         combinedQuery = searchSharedOnly ? projectQuery : { $or: [projectQuery, query] };