diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
index b26ecabca..8de1988ff 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ const RootQuery = {
   },
 
   myIgnoredUsers: async (_, args, {user, loaders: {Users}}) => {
-
+    if (user == null) {
+      return [];
+    }
     // get currentUser again since context.user was out of date when running test/graph/mutations/ignoreUser
     const currentUser = (await Users.getByQuery({ids: [user.id], limit: 1}))[0];
     if ( ! (currentUser && Array.isArray(currentUser.ignoresUsers) && currentUser.ignoresUsers.length)) {