diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
index 573f8b8ec..b5f686e8d 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     $effect(() => {
         // not what the click that was just made depends on, only the selection and the folder
         const clicked = untrack(() => clickedInExplorer.path);
-        if (selectedPath === clicked) {
+        if (clicked !== undefined && selectedPath === clicked) {
             return;
         }
         clickedInExplorer.path = undefined;