diff --git a/src/languageserver/handlers/settingsHandlers.ts b/src/languageserver/handlers/settingsHandlers.ts
index 95ddba77..e2351ea7 100644
--- a/src/languageserver/handlers/settingsHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/languageserver/handlers/settingsHandlers.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class SettingsHandler {
 
       if (settings.yaml.schemaStore) {
         this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreEnabled = settings.yaml.schemaStore.enable;
-        if (settings.yaml.schemaStore.url.length !== 0) {
+        if (settings.yaml.schemaStore.url?.length !== 0) {
           this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreUrl = settings.yaml.schemaStore.url;
         }
       }
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class SettingsHandler {
   private async setSchemaStoreSettingsIfNotSet(): Promise<void> {
     const schemaStoreIsSet = this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreSettings.length !== 0;
     let schemaStoreUrl = '';
-    if (this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreUrl.length !== 0) {
+    if (this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreUrl?.length !== 0) {
       schemaStoreUrl = this.yamlSettings.schemaStoreUrl;
     } else {
       schemaStoreUrl = JSON_SCHEMASTORE_URL;