From 7d090d059b08ad891a2ae2b3a92b5696de0d05e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phillip Thelen <phillip@habitica.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2022 13:55:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix error

---
 website/server/libs/auth/index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/website/server/libs/auth/index.js b/website/server/libs/auth/index.js
index 6c15569276..698a1d9180 100644
--- a/website/server/libs/auth/index.js
+++ b/website/server/libs/auth/index.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ async function registerLocal (req, res, { isV3 = false }) {
   }, { 'auth.local': 1 }).exec();
 
   if (user) {
-    if (user._id !== existingUser._id) {
+    if (existingUser && user._id !== existingUser._id) {
       if (email === user.auth.local.email) throw new NotAuthorized(res.t('emailTaken'));
       // Check that the lowercase username isn't already used
       if (existingUser) {