diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/part.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/part.js
index a5a09945fa..17449d9647 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/part.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/translated/part.js
@@ -1835,13 +1835,11 @@ function loadPartTable(table, url, options={}) {
         field: 'category_detail',
         title: '{% trans "Category" %}',
         formatter: function(value, row) {
-
-            var text = shortenString(row.category_detail.pathstring);
-
-            if (row.category) {
+            if (row.category && row.category_detail) {
+                var text = shortenString(row.category_detail.pathstring);
                 return withTitle(renderLink(text, `/part/category/${row.category}/`), row.category_detail.pathstring);
             } else {
-                return '{% trans "No category" %}';
+                return '<em>{% trans "No category" %}</em>';
             }
         }
     };