diff --git a/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
index 54b78035..c19b0b94 100644
--- a/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/contexts_controller.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ContextsController < ApplicationController
       return
     end
     @context = current_user.contexts.build(params['context'])
-    @context.hide! if params['context_state']['hide'] == '1'
+    @context.hide! if params['context_state'] && params['context_state']['hide'] == '1'
     @saved = @context.save
     @context_not_done_counts = { @context.id => 0 }
     respond_to do |format|