diff --git a/src/controllers/user.js b/src/controllers/user.js
index 834e4b20c5..07d839f0fe 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.js
+++ b/src/controllers/user.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ api.score = function(req, res, next) {
       id: id,
       type: req.body && req.body.type,
       text: req.body && req.body.text,
-      notes: (req.body.notes && req.body.notes) || "This task was created by a third-party service. Feel free to edit, it won't harm the connection to that service. Additionally, multiple services may piggy-back off this task."
+      notes: (req.body && req.body.notes) || "This task was created by a third-party service. Feel free to edit, it won't harm the connection to that service. Additionally, multiple services may piggy-back off this task."
     };
     task = user.ops.addTask({body:task});
     if (task.type === 'daily' || task.type === 'todo')