diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f57d96981..9e3c8d8ab 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12401,7 +12401,7 @@
     },
     "packages/spacecat-shared-data-access": {
       "name": "@adobe/spacecat-shared-data-access",
-      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "version": "1.8.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@adobe/spacecat-shared-dynamo": "1.2.5",
diff --git a/packages/spacecat-shared-data-access/src/models/audit.js b/packages/spacecat-shared-data-access/src/models/audit.js
index 36891d5d3..ac31bd3ca 100644
--- a/packages/spacecat-shared-data-access/src/models/audit.js
+++ b/packages/spacecat-shared-data-access/src/models/audit.js
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ export const createAudit = (data) => {
     throw new Error('Audit result must be an object');
   }
 
+  if (!newState.scores) {
+    newState.scores = {};
+  }
   validateScores(data.auditResult, data.auditType);
 
   if (data.previousAuditResult && !isObject(data.previousAuditResult)) {