diff --git a/versioncontrol_project.module b/versioncontrol_project.module
index 0bc8325..56036c9 100644
--- a/versioncontrol_project.module
+++ b/versioncontrol_project.module
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ function versioncontrol_project_user_view($account, $view_mode) {
  */
 function versioncontrol_project_get_auth_data($machinename) {
   $data = array();
-
-  if ($project = node_load(project_get_nid_from_machinename($machinename))) {
+  $nid = project_get_nid_from_machinename($machinename);
+  if ($nid && $project = node_load($nid)) {
     $repository = $project->versioncontrol_project['repo'];
     $account_perms = array();
     $data['project'] = $project->title;