diff --git a/gui/massadd.cpp b/gui/massadd.cpp
index c7e39660476..c0ce120c530 100644
--- a/gui/massadd.cpp
+++ b/gui/massadd.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void MassAddDialog::handleTickle() {
 					if ((*dom)["engineid"] == result.engineId &&
 						(*dom)["gameid"] == result.gameId &&
 					    (*dom)["platform"] == resultPlatformCode &&
-					    (*dom)["language"] == resultLanguageCode) {
+					    dom->getValOrDefault("language") == resultLanguageCode) {
 						duplicate = true;
 						break;
 					}