diff --git a/front/src/Components/selectCharacter/SelectCharacterScene.svelte b/front/src/Components/selectCharacter/SelectCharacterScene.svelte
index 9f6e5f9c..807cf88f 100644
--- a/front/src/Components/selectCharacter/SelectCharacterScene.svelte
+++ b/front/src/Components/selectCharacter/SelectCharacterScene.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     import type { Game } from "../../Phaser/Game/Game";
     import { SelectCharacterScene, SelectCharacterSceneName } from "../../Phaser/Login/SelectCharacterScene";
     import LL from "../../i18n/i18n-svelte";
+    import { customizeAvailableStore } from "../../Stores/SelectCharacterSceneStore";
 
     export let game: Game;
 
@@ -40,11 +41,13 @@
             class="selectCharacterSceneFormSubmit nes-btn is-primary"
             on:click|preventDefault={cameraScene}>{$LL.woka.selectWoka.continue()}</button
         >
-        <button
-            type="submit"
-            class="selectCharacterSceneFormCustomYourOwnSubmit nes-btn"
-            on:click|preventDefault={customizeScene}>{$LL.woka.selectWoka.customize()}</button
-        >
+        {#if $customizeAvailableStore}
+            <button
+                type="submit"
+                class="selectCharacterSceneFormCustomYourOwnSubmit nes-btn"
+                on:click|preventDefault={customizeScene}>{$LL.woka.selectWoka.customize()}</button
+            >
+        {/if}
     </section>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/front/src/Phaser/Entity/PlayerTextures.ts b/front/src/Phaser/Entity/PlayerTextures.ts
index 84157a92..d41fc9f6 100644
--- a/front/src/Phaser/Entity/PlayerTextures.ts
+++ b/front/src/Phaser/Entity/PlayerTextures.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ export class PlayerTextures {
 
     private getMappedResources(category: PlayerTexturesCategory): BodyResourceDescriptionListInterface {
         const resources: BodyResourceDescriptionListInterface = {};
+        if (!category) {
+            return {};
+        }
         for (const collection of category.collections) {
             for (const texture of collection.textures) {
                 resources[texture.id] = { id: texture.id, label: texture.name, img: texture.url };
diff --git a/front/src/Phaser/Login/SelectCharacterScene.ts b/front/src/Phaser/Login/SelectCharacterScene.ts
index f2af9cb9..5fe0ecc9 100644
--- a/front/src/Phaser/Login/SelectCharacterScene.ts
+++ b/front/src/Phaser/Login/SelectCharacterScene.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { waScaleManager } from "../Services/WaScaleManager";
 import { analyticsClient } from "../../Administration/AnalyticsClient";
 import { isMediaBreakpointUp } from "../../Utils/BreakpointsUtils";
 import { PUSHER_URL } from "../../Enum/EnvironmentVariable";
+import { customizeAvailableStore } from "../../Stores/SelectCharacterSceneStore";
 
 //todo: put this constants in a dedicated file
 export const SelectCharacterSceneName = "SelectCharacterScene";
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class SelectCharacterScene extends AbstractCharacterScene {
     }
 
     create() {
+        customizeAvailableStore.set(this.isCustomizationAvailable());
         selectCharacterSceneVisibleStore.set(true);
         this.events.addListener("wake", () => {
             waScaleManager.saveZoom();
@@ -295,4 +297,13 @@ export class SelectCharacterScene extends AbstractCharacterScene {
         //move position of user
         this.moveUser();
     }
+
+    private isCustomizationAvailable(): boolean {
+        for (const layer of PlayerTextures.LAYERS) {
+            if (Object.keys(layer).length > 0) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/front/src/Stores/SelectCharacterSceneStore.ts b/front/src/Stores/SelectCharacterSceneStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..654da03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/front/src/Stores/SelectCharacterSceneStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { writable } from "svelte/store";
+
+export const customizeAvailableStore = writable(false);