diff --git a/packages/app-council/src/useCounter.ts b/packages/app-council/src/useCounter.ts
index 170dd7b1f0f1..73192f6b524e 100644
--- a/packages/app-council/src/useCounter.ts
+++ b/packages/app-council/src/useCounter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useApi, trackStream } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
 export default function useCounter (): number {
   const { api, isApiReady } = useApi();
-  const motions = trackStream<Hash[]>(isApiReady ? api.query.council.proposals : undefined, []);
+  const motions = trackStream<Hash[]>(isApiReady ? api.query.council?.proposals : undefined, []);
   const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
 
   useEffect((): void => {
diff --git a/packages/app-tech-comm/src/useCounter.ts b/packages/app-tech-comm/src/useCounter.ts
index 0d67129dde4e..92f1e1b635cb 100644
--- a/packages/app-tech-comm/src/useCounter.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tech-comm/src/useCounter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useApi, trackStream } from '@polkadot/react-hooks';
 
 export default function useCounter (): number {
   const { api, isApiReady } = useApi();
-  const proposals = trackStream<Hash[]>(isApiReady ? api.query.technicalCommittee.proposals : undefined, []);
+  const proposals = trackStream<Hash[]>(isApiReady ? api.query.technicalCommittee && api.query.technicalCommittee.proposals : undefined, []);
   const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
 
   useEffect((): void => {