diff --git a/src/components/RoadCard/RoadmapSelect.tsx b/src/components/RoadCard/RoadmapSelect.tsx
index 838564c13..3b6359d2e 100644
--- a/src/components/RoadCard/RoadmapSelect.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RoadCard/RoadmapSelect.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export function RoadmapSelect({
         options={options}
         onChange={onChange}
         value={selectedRoadmaps}
+        placeholder="Select roadmaps"
         unstyled
         styles={{
           input: (base) => ({
diff --git a/src/helper/get-badge-link.ts b/src/helper/get-badge-link.ts
index 9237c3bc8..93bfac050 100644
--- a/src/helper/get-badge-link.ts
+++ b/src/helper/get-badge-link.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ export function getBadgeLink({
   if (variant) {
     badgeUrl.searchParams.set('variant', variant);
   }
-  const isRoadmapArray = roadmaps && Array.isArray(roadmaps) && roadmaps.length;
-  if (isRoadmapArray) {
+  if (roadmaps?.length) {
     badgeUrl.searchParams.set(
       'roadmaps',
       roadmaps.map(({ value }) => value).join(',')