diff --git a/custom_components/icloud3/support/recorder_prefilter.py b/custom_components/icloud3/support/recorder_prefilter.py
index 9967c36..ef69435 100644
--- a/custom_components/icloud3/support/recorder_prefilter.py
+++ b/custom_components/icloud3/support/recorder_prefilter.py
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ def entity_filter(entity_id):
             return False
         if entity_id in hass.data['recorder_prefilter']['exclude_entities']:
             return False
+        if recorder_entity_filter is None: 
+            return False
 
         return recorder_entity_filter(entity_id)