diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
index 2425621a..fbe8342d 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/svc-workorder.vue
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export default {
       //return actual status object from top level shell based on current state
       //if state is unknown then it should return a placeholder dummy state showing an error condition or empty I guess
 
-      if (this.obj.states != null) {
+      if (this.obj.states != null && this.obj.states.length > 0) {
         //find it in the status collection
         //and return here
         let laststate = this.obj.states[this.obj.states.length - 1];