diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/InstanceSelectorTableViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/InstanceSelectorTableViewController.swift
index b77e8bc9..3dbb8993 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/InstanceSelectorTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/InstanceSelectorTableViewController.swift
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ class InstanceSelectorTableViewController: UITableViewController {
         let request = Client.getInstance()
         client.run(request) { (response) in
             var snapshot = self.dataSource.snapshot()
-            snapshot.deleteItems(snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: .selected))
+            if snapshot.indexOfSection(.selected) != nil {
+                snapshot.deleteItems(snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: .selected))
+            }
 
             if case let .success(instance, _) = response {
                 if !snapshot.sectionIdentifiers.contains(.selected) {