diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f40583..032c6cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 0.0.22 - 2024-07-08
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix [#29](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet/issues/58) - added missing guard for empty object
+
 ## 0.0.20 - 2023-09-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js b/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js
index 3328159..48d51fa 100644
--- a/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js
+++ b/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
         },
 
         _update: function (e) {
+            if (!this._map) {
+                return;
+            }
             // update the offset so we can correct for it later when we zoom
             this._offset = this._map.containerPointToLayerPoint([0, 0]);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e30a3a4..8c9c3e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet",
-  "version": "0.0.21",
+  "version": "0.0.22",
   "description": "Supports adding Maplibre GL Web to a Leaflet Map as a layer",
   "main": "leaflet-maplibre-gl.js",
   "directories": {