diff --git a/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/NotificationsPopover/index.tsx b/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/NotificationsPopover/index.tsx
index ebc0348ea3f..d11b4f510a2 100644
--- a/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/NotificationsPopover/index.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/layouts/ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/NotificationsPopover/index.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const NotificationsPopover = ({ alt = false }: NotificationsPopoverProps) => {
 
   const [targetNotification, setTargetNotification] = useState<Notification>()
 
-  if (!notifications) return <></>
+  if (!notifications || !Array.isArray(notifications)) return null
 
   const newNotifications = notifications?.filter(
     (notification) => notification.notification_status === NotificationStatus.New
diff --git a/studio/data/organizations/organizations-query.ts b/studio/data/organizations/organizations-query.ts
index dab843414ad..4bf70566dd8 100644
--- a/studio/data/organizations/organizations-query.ts
+++ b/studio/data/organizations/organizations-query.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export async function getOrganizations(signal?: AbortSignal): Promise<Organizati
   const data = await get(`${API_URL}/organizations`, { signal })
   if (data.error) throw data.error
 
+  if (!Array.isArray(data)) {
+    return []
+  }
+
   const sorted = (data as Organization[]).sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
   return sorted
 }
diff --git a/studio/hooks/misc/useCheckPermissions.ts b/studio/hooks/misc/useCheckPermissions.ts
index 257b4482a67..f1228eda934 100644
--- a/studio/hooks/misc/useCheckPermissions.ts
+++ b/studio/hooks/misc/useCheckPermissions.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export function doPermissionsCheck(
   data?: object,
   organizationId?: number
 ) {
-  return (permissions ?? [])
+  if (!permissions || !Array.isArray(permissions)) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return permissions
     .filter(
       (permission) =>
         permission.organization_id === organizationId &&