diff --git a/vue/src/stores/MealPlanStore.js b/vue/src/stores/MealPlanStore.js
index daac0cb93..952a74eb6 100644
--- a/vue/src/stores/MealPlanStore.js
+++ b/vue/src/stores/MealPlanStore.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const useMealPlanStore = defineStore(_STORE_ID, {
         },
         loadClientSettings() {
             let s = localStorage.getItem(_LOCAL_STORAGE_KEY)
-            if (s === null || s === {}) {
+            if (s === null) {
                 return {
                     displayPeriodUom: "week",
                     displayPeriodCount: 3,
diff --git a/vue/src/stores/UserPreferenceStore.js b/vue/src/stores/UserPreferenceStore.js
index 5e50a9ed2..a22c5cc82 100644
--- a/vue/src/stores/UserPreferenceStore.js
+++ b/vue/src/stores/UserPreferenceStore.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const useUserPreferenceStore = defineStore(_STORE_ID, {
          */
         loadDeviceSettings() {
             let s = localStorage.getItem(_LS_DEVICE_SETTINGS)
-            if (!(s === null || s === {})) {
+            if (s !== null) {
                 let settings = JSON.parse(s)
                 for (s in settings) {
                     Vue.set(this.device_settings, s, settings[s])