diff --git a/view/js/main.js b/view/js/main.js
index 4788d90a83..4ccbc8044e 100644
--- a/view/js/main.js
+++ b/view/js/main.js
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ $(function() {
 	// Asynchronous calls are deferred until the very end of the page load to ease on slower connections
 	window.addEventListener("load", function(){
 		NavUpdate();
-		acl.get(0, 100);
+		if (typeof acl !== 'undefined') {
+			acl.get(0, 100);
+		}
 	});
 
 	// Allow folks to stop the ajax page updates with the pause/break key