diff --git a/src/components/ListingCard/ListingCard.js b/src/components/ListingCard/ListingCard.js
index a1e1d788..bd5b5448 100644
--- a/src/components/ListingCard/ListingCard.js
+++ b/src/components/ListingCard/ListingCard.js
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import css from './ListingCard.css';
 const ListingCard = props => {
   const { listing } = props;
   const id = listing.id.uuid;
-  const { title, description, address } = listing.attributes;
+  const { title = '', description = '', address = '' } = listing.attributes || {};
   const slug = encodeURIComponent(title.split(' ').join('-'));
-  const authorName = `${listing.author.attributes.profile.firstName} ${listing.author.attributes.profile.lastName}`;
+  const authorName = listing.author && listing.author.attributes
+    ? `${listing.author.attributes.profile.firstName} ${listing.author.attributes.profile.lastName}`
+    : '';
 
   // TODO: these are not yet present in the API data, figure out what
   // to do with them
diff --git a/src/components/ListingCardSmall/ListingCardSmall.js b/src/components/ListingCardSmall/ListingCardSmall.js
index 94a74d80..4c08e8ae 100644
--- a/src/components/ListingCardSmall/ListingCardSmall.js
+++ b/src/components/ListingCardSmall/ListingCardSmall.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import css from './ListingCardSmall.css';
 
 const ListingCardSmall = props => {
   const { listing } = props;
-  const title = listing.attributes.title;
+  const { title = '' } = listing.attributes || {};
   const id = listing.id.uuid;
   const slug = encodeURIComponent(title.split(' ').join('-'));