diff --git a/services/searchDataproviders.service.ts b/services/searchDataproviders.service.ts
index 91c4fd14..a3c71083 100644
--- a/services/searchDataproviders.service.ts
+++ b/services/searchDataproviders.service.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class SearchDataprovidersService {
       return subjects;
     }
     getDataproviderType(resData: any): string {
-        if(resData['datasourcetype'].hasOwnProperty("classname")) {
+        if(resData.hasOwnProperty('datasourcetype') && resData['datasourcetype'].hasOwnProperty("classname")) {
             return resData['datasourcetype'].classname;
         } else {
             return '';