diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/shells/wsl.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/shells/wsl.ts
index 696873f55d4b8522068d7de010244550985508e9..7ba58ed7964e370eea4a07adc7179ed2c87a5efe 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/shells/wsl.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/shells/wsl.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class WSLShellProvider extends ShellProvider {
             if (!childKey.DistributionName) {
                 continue
             }
-            const wslVersion = childKey.Flags.value & 8 ? 2 : 1
+            const wslVersion = (childKey.Flags?.value || 0) & 8 ? 2 : 1
             const name = childKey.DistributionName.value
             const fsBase = wslVersion === 2 ? `\\\\wsl$\\${name}` : childKey.BasePath.value as string + '\\rootfs'
             const slug = slugify(name, { remove: /[:.]/g })