diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/LinksMessageView.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/LinksMessageView.qml
index ea217fbbfd..ea476d235c 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/LinksMessageView.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/views/LinksMessageView.qml
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ Column {
 
                 let linkWhiteListed = false
                 const linkHostname = Utils.getHostname(link)
+                if (!localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites) {
+                    localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites = {}
+                }
                 const linkExists = Object.keys(localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites).some(function(whitelistedHostname) {
                     const exists = linkHostname.endsWith(whitelistedHostname)
                     if (exists) {
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/ChatLinksPreviewModal.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/ChatLinksPreviewModal.qml
index b18947510b..0277cea554 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/ChatLinksPreviewModal.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/ChatLinksPreviewModal.qml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ ModalPopup {
 
     function populatePreviewableSites() {
         let whitelist = JSON.parse(privacyModule.getLinkPreviewWhitelist())
+        if (!localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites) {
+            localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites = {}
+        }
         whitelist.forEach(entry => {
             entry.isWhitelisted = localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites[entry.address] || false
             previewableSites.append(entry)
@@ -172,11 +175,16 @@ ModalPopup {
                             anchors.right: parent.right
                             anchors.rightMargin: Style.current.padding
                             onCheckedChanged: function () {
-                                if (localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites[address] === this.checked) {
+                                let settings = localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites
+
+                                if (!settings) {
+                                    settings = {}
+                                }
+
+                                if (settings[address] === this.checked) {
                                     return
                                 }
 
-                                const settings = localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites
                                 settings[address] = this.checked
                                 localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites = settings
                             }
diff --git a/ui/app/AppMain.qml b/ui/app/AppMain.qml
index 03ef81fdac..8d6881bf5d 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppMain.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppMain.qml
@@ -527,7 +527,11 @@ Item {
                     // Add Status links to whitelist
                     whiteListedSites.push({title: "Status", address: Constants.deepLinkPrefix, imageSite: false})
                     whiteListedSites.push({title: "Status", address: Constants.joinStatusLink, imageSite: false})
-                    const settings = localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites
+                    let settings = localAccountSensitiveSettings.whitelistedUnfurlingSites
+
+                    if (!settings) {
+                        settings = {}
+                    }
 
                     // Set Status links as true. We intercept thoseURLs so it is privacy-safe
                     if (!settings[Constants.deepLinkPrefix] || !settings[Constants.joinStatusLink]) {