diff --git a/src/components/trace/hat-script-graph.ts b/src/components/trace/hat-script-graph.ts
index 9abf4ec9b8..ab10f0360b 100644
--- a/src/components/trace/hat-script-graph.ts
+++ b/src/components/trace/hat-script-graph.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class HatScriptGraph extends LitElement {
     const trace = this.trace.trace[path] as ChooseActionTraceStep[] | undefined;
     const trace_path = trace?.[0].result
       ? trace[0].result.choice === "default"
-        ? [config.choose.length]
+        ? [config.choose?.length || 0]
         : [trace[0].result.choice]
       : [];
     return html`
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class HatScriptGraph extends LitElement {
           nofocus
         ></hat-graph-node>
 
-        ${config.choose.map((branch, i) => {
+        ${config.choose?.map((branch, i) => {
           const branch_path = `${path}/choose/${i}`;
           const track_this =
             trace !== undefined && trace[0].result?.choice === i;
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ class HatScriptGraph extends LitElement {
         </div>
       `;
     } catch (err) {
+      if (__DEV__) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.log("Error creating script graph:", err);
+      }
       return html`
         <div class="error">
           Error rendering graph. Please download trace and share with the
diff --git a/src/data/script.ts b/src/data/script.ts
index 096835a49d..bb614696a2 100644
--- a/src/data/script.ts
+++ b/src/data/script.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export interface ChooseActionChoice {
 
 export interface ChooseAction {
   alias?: string;
-  choose: ChooseActionChoice[];
+  choose: ChooseActionChoice[] | null;
   default?: Action | Action[];
 }
 
diff --git a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
index bb9ac0f8a6..2c356bca70 100644
--- a/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
+++ b/src/panels/config/automation/action/types/ha-automation-action-choose.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
     const action = this.action;
 
     return html`
-      ${action.choose.map(
+      ${(action.choose || []).map(
         (option, idx) => html`<ha-card>
           <mwc-icon-button
             .idx=${idx}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
     ev.stopPropagation();
     const value = ev.detail.value as Condition[];
     const index = (ev.target as any).idx;
-    const choose = [...this.action.choose];
+    const choose = this.action.choose ? [...this.action.choose] : [];
     choose[index].conditions = value;
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", {
       value: { ...this.action, choose },
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
     ev.stopPropagation();
     const value = ev.detail.value as Action[];
     const index = (ev.target as any).idx;
-    const choose = [...this.action.choose];
+    const choose = this.action.choose ? [...this.action.choose] : [];
     choose[index].sequence = value;
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", {
       value: { ...this.action, choose },
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
   }
 
   private _addOption() {
-    const choose = [...this.action.choose];
+    const choose = this.action.choose ? [...this.action.choose] : [];
     choose.push({ conditions: [], sequence: [] });
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", {
       value: { ...this.action, choose },
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class HaChooseAction extends LitElement implements ActionElement {
 
   private _removeOption(ev: CustomEvent) {
     const index = (ev.currentTarget as any).idx;
-    const choose = [...this.action.choose];
+    const choose = this.action.choose ? [...this.action.choose] : [];
     choose.splice(index, 1);
     fireEvent(this, "value-changed", {
       value: { ...this.action, choose },