diff --git a/src/components/Nav/Header/Header.tsx b/src/components/Nav/Header/Header.tsx
index 312a6e1f..454fe521 100644
--- a/src/components/Nav/Header/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Nav/Header/Header.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const Header = (props: Props) => {
   let windowScrollTop = 0
 
   createEffect(() => {
-    setRandomTopics(getRandomTopicsFromArray(topics()))
+    if (topics()) setRandomTopics(getRandomTopicsFromArray(topics()))
   })
 
   createEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/utils/getRandomTopicsFromArray.ts b/src/utils/getRandomTopicsFromArray.ts
index ebfbc9b5..ced616c0 100644
--- a/src/utils/getRandomTopicsFromArray.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getRandomTopicsFromArray.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { RANDOM_TOPICS_COUNT } from '../components/Views/Home'
 import { Topic } from '../graphql/schema/core.gen'
 
 export const getRandomTopicsFromArray = (topics: Topic[], count: number = RANDOM_TOPICS_COUNT): Topic[] => {
-  if (!topics) return []
   const shuffledTopics = [...topics].sort(() => 0.5 - Math.random())
   return shuffledTopics.slice(0, count)
 }