diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index bfaffd508..3c1fa0989 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
           members_count: p&.members.size,
           issues_count: p.issues_count - p.pull_requests_count,
           commits_count: p&.project_score&.changeset_num.to_i,
-          project_score: p&.project_score&.as_json(:except=>[:created_at, :updated_at]).merge!(commit_time: format_time(p&.project_score&.commit_time))
+          project_score: p&.project_score.present? ? p&.project_score&.as_json(:except=>[:created_at, :updated_at]).merge!(commit_time: format_time(p&.project_score&.commit_time)) : {}
         }
         projects_json.push(pj)
       end