diff --git a/OpenCredentialPublisher.Data/Models/ClrEntities/ArtifactModel.cs b/OpenCredentialPublisher.Data/Models/ClrEntities/ArtifactModel.cs
index ffb6b764b082b9ce2d0f77786c5b95dc787744aa..1f36ee3ddf5566b57d2f921ae92c17ea1e4bd391 100644
--- a/OpenCredentialPublisher.Data/Models/ClrEntities/ArtifactModel.cs
+++ b/OpenCredentialPublisher.Data/Models/ClrEntities/ArtifactModel.cs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace OpenCredentialPublisher.Data.Models
                 }
             }
             var name = art.Name ?? art.Description;
-            model.NameContainsTranscript = name.Contains("transcript", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            model.NameContainsTranscript = name?.Contains("transcript", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ?? false;
             model.IsDeleted = false;
             return model;
         }