diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/gpx-layer/GPXLayer.ts b/website/src/lib/components/gpx-layer/GPXLayer.ts
index 582f86ca..0d5c9c15 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/gpx-layer/GPXLayer.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/gpx-layer/GPXLayer.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ export class GPXLayer {
             });
 
             this.map.setFilter(this.fileId, ['any', ...visibleItems.map(([trackIndex, segmentIndex]) => ['all', ['==', 'trackIndex', trackIndex], ['==', 'segmentIndex', segmentIndex]])], { validate: false });
-            this.map.setFilter(this.fileId + '-direction', ['any', ...visibleItems.map(([trackIndex, segmentIndex]) => ['all', ['==', 'trackIndex', trackIndex], ['==', 'segmentIndex', segmentIndex]])], { validate: false });
+            if (this.map.getLayer(this.fileId + '-direction')) {
+                this.map.setFilter(this.fileId + '-direction', ['any', ...visibleItems.map(([trackIndex, segmentIndex]) => ['all', ['==', 'trackIndex', trackIndex], ['==', 'segmentIndex', segmentIndex]])], { validate: false });
+            }
         } catch (e) { // No reliable way to check if the map is ready to add sources and layers
             return;
         }