diff --git a/client/apps/edit/components/content2/sections/text/index.coffee b/client/apps/edit/components/content2/sections/text/index.coffee
index 07c51fc86..775711d9b 100644
--- a/client/apps/edit/components/content2/sections/text/index.coffee
+++ b/client/apps/edit/components/content2/sections/text/index.coffee
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass
     selection = Utils.getSelectionDetails(@state.editorState)
     # only merge a section if cursor is in first character of first block
     if selection.isFirstBlock and selection.anchorOffset is 0 and
-     @props.sections.models[@props.index - 1].get('type') is 'text'
+     @props.sections.models[@props.index - 1]?.get('type') is 'text'
       mergeIntoHTML = @props.sections.models[@props.index - 1].get('body')
       @props.sections.models[@props.index - 1].destroy()
       newHTML = mergeIntoHTML + @state.html