diff --git a/src/components/MediaSettings/VideoBackgroundEditor.vue b/src/components/MediaSettings/VideoBackgroundEditor.vue
index f7b6e6fa7cf..8a4391f97cc 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaSettings/VideoBackgroundEditor.vue
+++ b/src/components/MediaSettings/VideoBackgroundEditor.vue
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ export default {
 	async mounted() {
 		this.loadBackground()
 
+		if (this.$store.getters.getUserId() === null) {
+			console.debug('Skip Talk backgrounds folder check and setup for participants that are not logged in')
+			return
+		}
+
 		const userRoot = '/files/' + this.$store.getters.getUserId()
 		const relativeBackgroundsFolderPath = this.$store.getters.getAttachmentFolder() + '/Backgrounds'
 		const absoluteBackgroundsFolderPath = userRoot + relativeBackgroundsFolderPath
diff --git a/src/store/fileUploadStore.js b/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
index 6087304948e..57df9972bd9 100644
--- a/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
+++ b/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ const mutations = {
 		state.fileTemplates.push(template)
 		state.fileTemplatesInitialised = true
 	},
+
+	markFileTemplatesInitialisedForGuests(state) {
+		state.fileTemplatesInitialised = true
+	},
 }
 
 const actions = {
@@ -427,7 +431,13 @@ const actions = {
 		commit('removeFileFromSelection', temporaryMessageId)
 	},
 
-	async getFileTemplates({ commit }) {
+	async getFileTemplates({ commit, getters }) {
+		if (getters.getUserId() === null) {
+			console.debug('Skip file templates setup for participants that are not logged in')
+			commit('markFileTemplatesInitialisedForGuests')
+			return
+		}
+
 		try {
 			const response = await getFileTemplates()