diff --git a/site/multiDim/MultiDimDataPageContent.tsx b/site/multiDim/MultiDimDataPageContent.tsx
index 1a27eccfcb9..8568466f6ea 100644
--- a/site/multiDim/MultiDimDataPageContent.tsx
+++ b/site/multiDim/MultiDimDataPageContent.tsx
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ export const MultiDimDataPageContent = ({
             ...currentView?.config,
             dimensions: dimensionsConfig,
             isEmbeddedInADataPage: true,
-            selectedEntityNames: config.config.defaultSelection,
+            selectedEntityNames: config.config.defaultSelection ?? [],
 
             bounds,
         } as GrapherProgrammaticInterface