diff --git a/website/client-old/js/components/groupTasks/groupTasksController.js b/website/client-old/js/components/groupTasks/groupTasksController.js
index a1ba51b7a8..192c0ee9bd 100644
--- a/website/client-old/js/components/groupTasks/groupTasksController.js
+++ b/website/client-old/js/components/groupTasks/groupTasksController.js
@@ -76,21 +76,23 @@ habitrpg.controller('GroupTasksCtrl', ['$scope', 'Shared', 'Tasks', 'User', func
     };
 
     $scope.saveTask = function(task, stayOpen, isSaveAndClose) {
-      // Check if we have a lingering checklist that the enter button did not trigger on
-      var lastIndex = task._edit.checklist.length - 1;
-      var lastCheckListItem = task._edit.checklist[lastIndex];
-      if (lastCheckListItem && !lastCheckListItem.id && lastCheckListItem.text) {
-        Tasks.addChecklistItem(task._id, lastCheckListItem)
-          .then(function (response) {
-            task._edit.checklist[lastIndex] = response.data.data.checklist[lastIndex];
-            task.checklist[lastIndex] = response.data.data.checklist[lastIndex];
-            Tasks.saveTask(task, stayOpen, isSaveAndClose);
-            Tasks.updateTask(task._id, task);
-          });
-      } else {
-        Tasks.saveTask (task, stayOpen, isSaveAndClose);
-        Tasks.updateTask(task._id, task);
+      if (task._edit.checklist) {
+        // Check if we have a lingering checklist that the enter button did not trigger on
+        var lastIndex = task._edit.checklist.length - 1;
+        var lastCheckListItem = task._edit.checklist[lastIndex];
+        if (lastCheckListItem && !lastCheckListItem.id && lastCheckListItem.text) {
+          Tasks.addChecklistItem(task._id, lastCheckListItem)
+            .then(function (response) {
+              task._edit.checklist[lastIndex] = response.data.data.checklist[lastIndex];
+              task.checklist[lastIndex] = response.data.data.checklist[lastIndex];
+              Tasks.saveTask(task, stayOpen, isSaveAndClose);
+              Tasks.updateTask(task._id, task);
+            });
+          return;
+        }
       }
+      Tasks.saveTask (task, stayOpen, isSaveAndClose);
+      Tasks.updateTask(task._id, task);
     };
 
     $scope.shouldShow = function(task, list, prefs){