diff --git a/metager/app/SearchSettings.php b/metager/app/SearchSettings.php
index 23fc09b320c91b57457bc620e7646f83da4ffdb2..589e20c2787c26a8dfef16612da82f0ab0076d27 100644
--- a/metager/app/SearchSettings.php
+++ b/metager/app/SearchSettings.php
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ class SearchSettings
         $this->q = trim(Request::input('eingabe', ''));
         $this->fokus = Request::input("focus", "web");
 
+        // Make sure sumas definition for current fokus exists
+        if (!property_exists($this->sumasJson->foki, $this->fokus)) {
+            $this->sumasJson->foki->{$this->fokus} = new \stdClass;
+            $this->sumasJson->foki->{$this->fokus}->sumas = [];
+        }
         $this->user_settings = [];
 
         if (!in_array($this->fokus, array_merge(array_keys((array) $this->sumasJson->foki), ["maps"]))) {