diff --git a/app/internal_packages/onboarding/lib/page-initial-preferences.cjsx b/app/internal_packages/onboarding/lib/page-initial-preferences.cjsx
index 7e818ee51..1393843a3 100644
--- a/app/internal_packages/onboarding/lib/page-initial-preferences.cjsx
+++ b/app/internal_packages/onboarding/lib/page-initial-preferences.cjsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class InitialPreferencesPage extends React.Component
     @setState(account: AccountStore.accounts()[0])
 
   render: =>
+    return (<div/>) unless @state.account
     <div className="page opaque" style={width:900, height:620}>
       <h1 style={paddingTop: 100}>Welcome to Mailspring</h1>
       <h4 style={marginBottom: 70}>Let's set things up to your liking.</h4>