diff --git a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/app/components/public-event-page/public-event-page.component.ts b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/app/components/public-event-page/public-event-page.component.ts
index 099a3e9093..f2453b3e6f 100644
--- a/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/app/components/public-event-page/public-event-page.component.ts
+++ b/client/wfnews-war/src/main/angular/src/app/components/public-event-page/public-event-page.component.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ export class PublicEventPageComponent {
 
   async populateIncident(eventNumber: string) {
     const simpleIncident: SimpleIncident = new SimpleIncident();
+    if (!eventNumber) {
+      return;
+    }
     try {
         this.publishedIncidentService.fetchPublishedIncident(eventNumber).subscribe(response => {
           if (response) {