diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageCodeBlock.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageCodeBlock.qml
index cc945f4a8..a0b2928bf 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageCodeBlock.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageCodeBlock.qml
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import org.kde.syntaxhighlighting
 
 ColumnLayout {
     // These are needed on the parent loader
-    property bool editing: parent.editing ?? false
-    property bool renderMarkdown: parent.renderMarkdown ?? true
-    property bool enableMouseSelection: parent.enableMouseSelection ?? false
-    property var segment: parent.segment ?? {}
-    property var messageData: parent.messageData ?? {}
+    property bool editing: parent?.editing ?? false
+    property bool renderMarkdown: parent?.renderMarkdown ?? true
+    property bool enableMouseSelection: parent?.enableMouseSelection ?? false
+    property var segment: parent?.segment ?? {}
+    property var messageData: parent?.messageData ?? {}
 
     spacing: codeBlockComponentSpacing
     anchors.left: parent.left
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageTextBlock.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageTextBlock.qml
index 7ac600a00..f750e19f4 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageTextBlock.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/aiChat/MessageTextBlock.qml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import Quickshell.Hyprland
 
 TextArea {
     // These are needed on the parent loader
-    property bool editing: parent.editing ?? false
-    property bool renderMarkdown: parent.renderMarkdown ?? true
-    property bool enableMouseSelection: parent.enableMouseSelection ?? false
-    property var segment: parent.segment ?? {}
-    property var messageData: parent.messageData ?? {}
+    property bool editing: parent?.editing ?? false
+    property bool renderMarkdown: parent?.renderMarkdown ?? true
+    property bool enableMouseSelection: parent?.enableMouseSelection ?? false
+    property var segment: parent?.segment ?? {}
+    property var messageData: parent?.messageData ?? {}
 
     Layout.fillWidth: true
     readOnly: !editing