diff --git a/js/src/App.vue b/js/src/App.vue
index bcda04912..237ab57d9 100644
--- a/js/src/App.vue
+++ b/js/src/App.vue
@@ -216,16 +216,18 @@ export default class App extends Vue {
     // Set the focus to the router view
     // https://marcus.io/blog/accessible-routing-vuejs
     setTimeout(() => {
-      const focusTarget = this.routerView.$el as HTMLElement;
-      // Make focustarget programmatically focussable
-      focusTarget.setAttribute("tabindex", "-1");
+      const focusTarget = this.routerView?.$el as HTMLElement;
+      if (focusTarget) {
+        // Make focustarget programmatically focussable
+        focusTarget.setAttribute("tabindex", "-1");
 
-      // Focus element
-      focusTarget.focus();
+        // Focus element
+        focusTarget.focus();
 
-      // Remove tabindex from focustarget.
-      // Reason: https://axesslab.com/skip-links/#update-3-a-comment-from-gov-uk
-      focusTarget.removeAttribute("tabindex");
+        // Remove tabindex from focustarget.
+        // Reason: https://axesslab.com/skip-links/#update-3-a-comment-from-gov-uk
+        focusTarget.removeAttribute("tabindex");
+      }
     }, 0);
   }