diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectLocator.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectLocator.coffee
index fbf5b1bb5f..fe60e0ba3e 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectLocator.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectLocator.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 async = require('async')
 
 module.exports =
-	findElement: (options, callback = (err, element, path, parentFolder)->)->
+	findElement: (options, _callback = (err, element, path, parentFolder)->)->
+		callback = (args...) ->
+			_callback(args...)
+			_callback = () ->
+
 		{project, project_id, element_id, type} = options
 		elementType = sanitizeTypeOfElement type