diff --git a/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/UrlStore.ts b/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/UrlStore.ts
index 16d66ba7f6b6..f69e6b520f96 100644
--- a/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/UrlStore.ts
+++ b/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/UrlStore.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const getFirstString = (v: ValueOf<qs.ParsedQs>): string | void => {
 };
 
 export const getSelectionSpecifierFromPath: () => SelectionSpecifier | null = () => {
-  const query = qs.parse(document.location.search, { ignoreQueryPrefix: true });
+  const query = qs.parse(document?.location?.search, { ignoreQueryPrefix: true });
   const args = typeof query.args === 'string' ? parseArgsParam(query.args) : undefined;
   const globals = typeof query.globals === 'string' ? parseArgsParam(query.globals) : undefined;
 
diff --git a/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/WebView.ts b/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/WebView.ts
index 1046df03abba..24e0a49c6e8b 100644
--- a/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/WebView.ts
+++ b/code/lib/preview-api/src/modules/preview-web/WebView.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class WebView implements View<HTMLElement> {
   constructor() {
     // Special code for testing situations
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-    const { __SPECIAL_TEST_PARAMETER__ } = qs.parse(document.location.search, {
+    const { __SPECIAL_TEST_PARAMETER__ } = qs.parse(document?.location?.search, {
       ignoreQueryPrefix: true,
     });
     switch (__SPECIAL_TEST_PARAMETER__) {