diff --git a/src/stateAggregator/accessors/aliasAccessor.ts b/src/stateAggregator/accessors/aliasAccessor.ts
index b5701f53f9..0a6653624b 100644
--- a/src/stateAggregator/accessors/aliasAccessor.ts
+++ b/src/stateAggregator/accessors/aliasAccessor.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ const fileContentsRawToAliasStore = (contents: string): Map<string, string> => {
     [DEFAULT_GROUP]: { [alias: string]: string };
   };
 
-  return new Map(Object.entries(fileContents[DEFAULT_GROUP]));
+  // handle when alias file exists but is missing the org property
+  return new Map(Object.entries(fileContents[DEFAULT_GROUP] ?? {}));
 };
 
 const aliasStoreToRawFileContents = (aliasStore: Map<string, string>): string =>