diff --git a/api/src/stores/index.ts b/api/src/stores/index.ts
index b70f901..aa47ccb 100644
--- a/api/src/stores/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/stores/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
  */
 export function isAxiosError(error: unknown, status?: number) {
   // Check if it is an axios error (with axios 1.0 `error instanceof AxiosError` will be possible)
-  if (!error || typeof error !== 'object' || !('isAxiosError' in <object>error)) return false;
+  if (typeof error !== 'object' || !error || !('isAxiosError' in error)) return false;
   // Check status code if status was given
   if (status !== undefined)
     return (