diff --git a/src/backend/api/Fusion.Resources.Domain/Queries/Departments/GetDepartmentPersonnel.cs b/src/backend/api/Fusion.Resources.Domain/Queries/Departments/GetDepartmentPersonnel.cs
index b679f0376..e5cbea997 100644
--- a/src/backend/api/Fusion.Resources.Domain/Queries/Departments/GetDepartmentPersonnel.cs
+++ b/src/backend/api/Fusion.Resources.Domain/Queries/Departments/GetDepartmentPersonnel.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<QueryInternalPersonnelPerson>> Handle(GetDepartmen
                 departmentPersonnel.ForEach(p =>
                 {
                     // Filter out all positions of type products
-                    p.PositionInstances = p.PositionInstances.Where(pis => !pis.BasePosition.ProjectType.Equals("Product")).ToList();
+                    p.PositionInstances = p.PositionInstances.Where(pis => pis.BasePosition != null && pis.BasePosition.ProjectType != null && !pis.BasePosition.ProjectType.Equals("Product")).ToList();
 
                     p.Absence = departmentAbsence[p.AzureUniqueId];
                     if (departmentRequests.ContainsKey(p.AzureUniqueId))
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ private async Task<List<QueryInternalPersonnelPerson>> GetDepartmentFromSearchIn
                 if (managers.Any())
                     queryString += " or " + string.Join(" or ", managers.Select(m => $"managerAzureId eq '{m}' and isResourceOwner eq true"));
 
-
-
                 var peopleClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient(HttpClientNames.ApplicationPeople);
 
                 var personnel = await PeopleSearchUtils.GetFromSearchIndexAsync(peopleClient, queryString, requests: requests);