diff --git a/apps/portal/src/domains/staking/subtensor/atoms/taostats.ts b/apps/portal/src/domains/staking/subtensor/atoms/taostats.ts
index 4f3b1fe24..2155a95d2 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/domains/staking/subtensor/atoms/taostats.ts
+++ b/apps/portal/src/domains/staking/subtensor/atoms/taostats.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const taostatsAtom = atom(async () => {
     return Array.isArray(stats) ? (stats as Taostats) : []
   } catch (cause) {
     console.error('Failed to fetch TAO stats', { cause })
+    return []
   }
 })