diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
index a9086dd0..e9f31ea9 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ async def chat(
             cmd_set = set([cmd.value for cmd in conversation_commands])
             chat_metadata = chat_metadata or {}
             chat_metadata["conversation_command"] = cmd_set
-            chat_metadata["agent"] = conversation.agent.slug if conversation.agent else None
+            chat_metadata["agent"] = conversation.agent.slug if conversation and conversation.agent else None
             chat_metadata["latency"] = f"{latency:.3f}"
             chat_metadata["ttft_latency"] = f"{ttft:.3f}"