diff --git a/app/components/Authenticated.js b/app/components/Authenticated.js
index cba8b62b5..86b43ef51 100644
--- a/app/components/Authenticated.js
+++ b/app/components/Authenticated.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const Authenticated = ({ children }: Props) => {
   // Watching for language changes here as this is the earliest point we have
   // the user available and means we can start loading translations faster
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (i18n.language !== language) {
+    if (language && i18n.language !== language) {
       // Languages are stored in en_US format in the database, however the
       // frontend translation framework (i18next) expects en-US
       i18n.changeLanguage(language.replace("_", "-"));