diff --git a/web/src/portico/team.js b/web/src/portico/team.js
index c2a0692395..b57527c4a1 100644
--- a/web/src/portico/team.js
+++ b/web/src/portico/team.js
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ export default function render_tabs() {
     const template = _.template($("#contributors-template").html());
     const count_template = _.template($("#count-template").html());
     const total_count_template = _.template($("#total-count-template").html());
-    const contributors_list = page_params.contributors.filter((c) => exclude_bot_contributors(c));
+    const contributors_list = page_params.contributors
+        ? page_params.contributors.filter((c) => exclude_bot_contributors(c))
+        : [];
     const mapped_contributors_list = contributors_list.map((c) => ({
         name: get_display_name(c),
         github_username: c.github_username,