diff --git a/src/renderer/api/__tests__/pods.api.test.ts b/src/renderer/api/__tests__/pods.api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7a90f8e38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/api/__tests__/pods.api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 OpenLens Authors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+import { Pod } from "../endpoints";
+
+describe("Pod tests", () => {
+  it("getAllContainers() should never throw", () => {
+    const pod = new Pod({
+      apiVersion: "foo",
+      kind: "Pod",
+      metadata: {
+        name: "foobar",
+        resourceVersion: "foobar",
+        uid: "foobar",
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(pod.getAllContainers()).toStrictEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
index 8ac8024227..5b85a3d42b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  declare spec?: {
     volumes?: {
       name: string;
       persistentVolumeClaim: {
@@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
   };
 
   getInitContainers() {
-    return this.spec.initContainers || [];
+    return this.spec?.initContainers || [];
   }
 
   getContainers() {
-    return this.spec.containers || [];
+    return this.spec?.containers || [];
   }
 
   getAllContainers() {