diff --git a/IDE/dist/ProjectSettings.js b/IDE/dist/ProjectSettings.js
index 613b691db..d57801336 100644
--- a/IDE/dist/ProjectSettings.js
+++ b/IDE/dist/ProjectSettings.js
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ function getArgs(project) {
                 case 0: return [4 /*yield*/, read(project)];
                 case 1:
                     CLArgs = (_a.sent()).CLArgs;
+                    if (!CLArgs)
+                        return [2 /*return*/, { CL: "", make: [] }];
                     CL = '';
                     for (key in CLArgs) {
                         if (key[0] === '-' && key[1] === '-') {
diff --git a/IDE/src/ProjectSettings.ts b/IDE/src/ProjectSettings.ts
index def5b6aa8..e3be8544d 100644
--- a/IDE/src/ProjectSettings.ts
+++ b/IDE/src/ProjectSettings.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ export async function restoreDefaultCLArgs(data: any): Promise<any> {
 }
 export async function getArgs(project: any): Promise<{CL: string, make: string[]}> {
 	let CLArgs = (await read(project)).CLArgs;
+	if(!CLArgs)
+		return { CL: "", make: []};
 	let CL: string = '';
 	for (let key in CLArgs) {
 		if (key[0] === '-' && key[1] === '-'){