diff --git a/app/views/core/ModalView.coffee b/app/views/core/ModalView.coffee
index 801563fa5..95fda6cb9 100644
--- a/app/views/core/ModalView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/core/ModalView.coffee
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ module.exports = class ModalView extends CocoView
     'esc': 'hide'
 
   constructor: (options) ->
-    options ?= {}
-    @className = @className.replace ' fade', '' if options.instant or @instant
-    @closeButton = options.closeButton if options.closeButton?
-    @modalWidthPercent = options.modalWidthPercent if options.modalWidthPercent
+    @className = @className.replace ' fade', '' if options?.instant or @instant
+    @closeButton = options.closeButton if options?.closeButton?
+    @modalWidthPercent = options.modalWidthPercent if options?.modalWidthPercent
     super arguments...
+    @options ?= {}
 
   getRenderData: (context={}) ->
     context = super(context)