diff --git a/frontend/src/components/manage/PanelCreationForm.svelte b/frontend/src/components/manage/PanelCreationForm.svelte
index 6fe1e19..5504b2e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/manage/PanelCreationForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/manage/PanelCreationForm.svelte
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     let selectedMentions = [];
 
     // Replace spaces with dashes in naming scheme as the user types
-    $: if (data.naming_scheme.includes(' ')) {
+    $: if (data.naming_scheme !== undefined && data.naming_scheme.includes(' ')) {
         data.naming_scheme = data.naming_scheme.replaceAll(' ', '-');
     }