diff --git a/src/designer/elsa-workflows-studio/src/utils/select-list-items.ts b/src/designer/elsa-workflows-studio/src/utils/select-list-items.ts
index 2cdce666e..5ef8738ec 100644
--- a/src/designer/elsa-workflows-studio/src/utils/select-list-items.ts
+++ b/src/designer/elsa-workflows-studio/src/utils/select-list-items.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ export async function getSelectListItems(serverUrl: string, propertyDescriptor:
   else
     selectList = options as SelectList;
 
-  return selectList;
+  return selectList || {items: [], isFlagsEnum: false};
 }