diff --git a/www/extras/wobject/Survey/administersurvey.js b/www/extras/wobject/Survey/administersurvey.js
index 1d4bf27e2..f45fcf544 100644
--- a/www/extras/wobject/Survey/administersurvey.js
+++ b/www/extras/wobject/Survey/administersurvey.js
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ if (typeof Survey === "undefined") {
         addWidgets: function(qs){
             hasFile = false;
             for (var i = 0; i < qs.length; i++) {
+				if (!q || !q.answers) {
+					// gracefully handle q with no answers
+					continue;
+				}
                 var q = qs[i];
                 var verts = '';
                 for (var x in q.answers) {