diff --git a/web/components/ui/Content/Content.tsx b/web/components/ui/Content/Content.tsx
index 903e3d79d..3e2a1faad 100644
--- a/web/components/ui/Content/Content.tsx
+++ b/web/components/ui/Content/Content.tsx
@@ -132,12 +132,15 @@ export const Content: FC = () => {
 
   const externalActionSelected = (action: ExternalAction) => {
     const { openExternally, url } = action;
-    const { displayName } = currentUser;
-
     const updatedUrl = new URL(url);
-    // Append url and username to params so the link knows where we came from and who we are.
-    updatedUrl.searchParams.append('username', displayName);
     updatedUrl.searchParams.append('instance', currentBrowserWindowUrl);
+
+    if (currentUser) {
+      const { displayName } = currentUser;
+
+      // Append url and username to params so the link knows where we came from and who we are.
+      updatedUrl.searchParams.append('username', displayName);
+    }
     const fullUrl = updatedUrl.toString();
     // Overwrite URL with the updated one that includes the params.
     const updatedAction = {
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ export const Content: FC = () => {
     };
 
     // apply openExternally only if we don't have an HTML embed
-    if (openExternally && updatedAction) {
+    if (openExternally) {
       window.open(fullUrl, '_blank');
     } else {
       setExternalActionToDisplay(updatedAction);