diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 654685a0..9a1c4b86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -109,4 +109,5 @@ venv.bak/
 pip-wheel-metadata
 TODO.md
 
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
+tags
diff --git a/django_unicorn/static/js/unicorn.js b/django_unicorn/static/js/unicorn.js
index 951d7114..8c9f7f5f 100644
--- a/django_unicorn/static/js/unicorn.js
+++ b/django_unicorn/static/js/unicorn.js
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ const Unicorn = (() => {
    */
   function getCsrfToken() {
     const csrfElements = document.getElementsByName("csrfmiddlewaretoken");
-
-    if (csrfElements) {
+    if (csrfElements && csrfElements.length > 0) {
       return csrfElements[0].getAttribute("value");
     }