diff --git a/src/ui/components/elements-inspector/sidebar.js b/src/ui/components/elements-inspector/sidebar.js
index 9535e8743..25f65eea2 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/elements-inspector/sidebar.js
+++ b/src/ui/components/elements-inspector/sidebar.js
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ export class InspectorSidebar extends Component<Props, State> {
             try {
               data = JSON.parse(data);
             } catch (e) {
-              // data was not a valid JSON, using string instead
+              // data was not a valid JSON, type is required to be an object
+              console.error(
+                `ElementsInspector unable to parse extra section: ${extraSection}`,
+              );
+              data = {};
             }
           }
           sections.push(