diff --git a/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/incident/interactive.py b/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/incident/interactive.py
index 509bd083eb3a..27250703b5f2 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/incident/interactive.py
+++ b/src/dispatch/plugins/dispatch_slack/incident/interactive.py
@@ -1531,6 +1531,7 @@ def handle_report_tactical_command(
 
     incident = incident_service.get(db_session=db_session, incident_id=context["subject"].id)
     if incident.tasks:
+        actions = "" if actions is None else actions
         actions += "\n\nOutstanding Incident Tasks:\n".join(
             [
                 "-" + task.description