diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.spec.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.spec.ts
index 5161477e8fcf6d..12fd1b290361ae 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.spec.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.spec.ts
@@ -249,5 +249,19 @@ describe("workspace-starter", function () {
             const result = chooseIDE("unknown-custom", customOptions, useLatest, hasPerm);
             expect(result.ideImage).to.equal(ideOptions.options["code"].latestImage);
         });
+
+        it("not exists ide with custom permission", function () {
+            const useLatest = true;
+            const hasPerm = true;
+            const result = chooseIDE("not-exists", ideOptions, useLatest, hasPerm);
+            expect(result.ideImage).to.equal(ideOptions.options["code"].latestImage);
+        });
+
+        it("not exists ide with custom permission", function () {
+            const useLatest = true;
+            const hasPerm = false;
+            const result = chooseIDE("not-exists", ideOptions, useLatest, hasPerm);
+            expect(result.ideImage).to.equal(ideOptions.options["code"].latestImage);
+        });
     });
 });
diff --git a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
index 39ccab35dc6596..a08e83820130c2 100644
--- a/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
+++ b/components/server/src/workspace/workspace-starter.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export const chooseIDE = (
     const data: { desktopIdeImage?: string; ideImage: string } = {
         ideImage: defaultIdeImage,
     };
-    const chooseOption = ideOptions.options[ideChoice];
+    const chooseOption = ideOptions.options[ideChoice] ?? defaultIDEOption;
     const isDesktopIde = chooseOption.type === "desktop";
     if (isDesktopIde) {
         data.desktopIdeImage = useLatest ? chooseOption?.latestImage ?? chooseOption?.image : chooseOption?.image;