diff --git a/bin/google-form-event.rb b/bin/google-form-event.rb
index 53dcfe518cc69f..75478f5fbf96fa 100644
--- a/bin/google-form-event.rb
+++ b/bin/google-form-event.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     'description' => row['Description of your event'],
     'external' => row['Link to event page'],
     'contributions' => {
-       'organisers' => row['Organizers already in the GTN CONTRIBUTORS file'].split(',').map(&:strip)
+       'organisers' => row['Organizers already in the GTN CONTRIBUTORS file']&.split(',')&.map(&:strip)
     },
     'location' => {
         'name' => row['Location of the event']