diff --git a/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee b/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
index 73c3aa0acd..23108921b7 100644
--- a/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
+++ b/services/real-time/app/coffee/Router.coffee
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ module.exports = Router =
 				return
 				
 			client.on "joinProject", (data = {}, callback) ->
-				WebsocketController.joinProject(client, user, data.project_id, callback)
+				WebsocketController.joinProject(client, user, data?.project_id, callback)
 				
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