diff --git a/ui/redux/actions/app.js b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
index 84f7ee1e6..7b9eeef0c 100644
--- a/ui/redux/actions/app.js
+++ b/ui/redux/actions/app.js
@@ -605,18 +605,20 @@ export function doGetAndPopulatePreferences() {
         // @if TARGET='app'
 
         const { settings } = savedPreferences.value;
-        Object.entries(settings).forEach(([key, val]) => {
-          if (SDK_SYNC_KEYS.includes(key)) {
-            if (shouldSetSetting(key, val, daemonSettings[key])) {
-              if (key === DAEMON_SETTINGS.LBRYUM_SERVERS) {
-                const servers = stringifyServerParam(val);
-                dispatch(doSetDaemonSetting(key, servers, true));
-              } else {
-                dispatch(doSetDaemonSetting(key, val, true));
+        if (settings) {
+          Object.entries(settings).forEach(([key, val]) => {
+            if (SDK_SYNC_KEYS.includes(key)) {
+              if (shouldSetSetting(key, val, daemonSettings[key])) {
+                if (key === DAEMON_SETTINGS.LBRYUM_SERVERS) {
+                  const servers = stringifyServerParam(val);
+                  dispatch(doSetDaemonSetting(key, servers, true));
+                } else {
+                  dispatch(doSetDaemonSetting(key, val, true));
+                }
               }
             }
-          }
-        });
+          });
+        }
         // @endif
       }
     }
diff --git a/ui/redux/reducers/settings.js b/ui/redux/reducers/settings.js
index 7a100fd96..a59a4c79c 100644
--- a/ui/redux/reducers/settings.js
+++ b/ui/redux/reducers/settings.js
@@ -167,12 +167,10 @@ reducers[LBRY_REDUX_ACTIONS.USER_STATE_POPULATE] = (state, action) => {
   const { clientSettings: currentClientSettings } = state;
   const { settings: sharedPreferences } = action.data;
 
-  if (currentClientSettings[SETTINGS.ENABLE_SYNC]) {
-    const selectedSettings = getSubsetFromKeysArray(sharedPreferences, clientSyncKeys);
-    const mergedClientSettings = { ...currentClientSettings, ...selectedSettings };
-    return Object.assign({}, state, { sharedPreferences, clientSettings: mergedClientSettings });
-  }
-  return Object.assign({}, state, { sharedPreferences, clientSettings: currentClientSettings });
+  const selectedSettings = sharedPreferences ? getSubsetFromKeysArray(sharedPreferences, clientSyncKeys) : {};
+  const mergedClientSettings = { ...currentClientSettings, ...selectedSettings };
+  const newSharedPreferences = sharedPreferences || {};
+  return Object.assign({}, state, { sharedPreferences: newSharedPreferences, clientSettings: mergedClientSettings });
 };
 
 reducers[LBRY_REDUX_ACTIONS.SAVE_CUSTOM_WALLET_SERVERS] = (state, action) => {