diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2d6230214..2c8c9b14f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 - Parallelizes network calls that occur when validating authorization for onCall handlers.
 - Adds new regions to V2 API
+- Fixes bug where the emulator crashed when given app without an `options` property.
diff --git a/src/providers/database.ts b/src/providers/database.ts
index 76252d515..53eb9ba12 100644
--- a/src/providers/database.ts
+++ b/src/providers/database.ts
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export class DataSnapshot {
     private app?: firebase.app.App,
     instance?: string
   ) {
-    if (app && app.options.databaseURL.startsWith('http:')) {
+    if (app?.options?.databaseURL?.startsWith('http:')) {
       // In this case we're dealing with an emulator
       this.instance = app.options.databaseURL;
     } else if (instance) {