diff --git a/src/features/stats/api/stats.js b/src/features/stats/api/stats.js
index 1bb351b8..ae964837 100644
--- a/src/features/stats/api/stats.js
+++ b/src/features/stats/api/stats.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default class Stats {
   static async postEvent(type, name) {
     const value = name.toLowerCase().replaceAll(' ', '-');
 
-    const data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('statsData'));
+    const data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('statsData')) || {};
     // tl;dr this creates the objects if they don't exist
     // this really needs a cleanup at some point
     if (!data[type] || !data[type][value]) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class Stats {
    * It increments the value of the key 'tabs-opened' in the object stored in localStorage by 1.
    */
   static async tabLoad() {
-    const data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('statsData'));
+    const data = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('statsData')) || {};
     data['tabs-opened'] = data['tabs-opened'] + 1 || 1;
     localStorage.setItem('statsData', JSON.stringify(data));
     this.achievementTrigger(data);