1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index e8801df90..5cbbe526e 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ export namespace Docs {
             // synthesize the default options, the type and title from computed values and
             // whatever options pertain to this specific prototype
             const options = { title, type, baseProto: true, ...defaultOptions, ...(template.options || {}) };
-            options.layout = layout.view.LayoutString(layout.dataField);
+            options.layout = layout.view?.LayoutString(layout.dataField);
             const doc = Doc.assign(new Doc(prototypeId, true), { layoutKey: "layout", ...options });
             doc.layout_keyValue = KeyValueBox.LayoutString("");
             return doc;