diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 4afe24cf8..7455e416a 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -1309,18 +1309,11 @@ class App extends React.Component<ExcalidrawProps, AppState> {
       history.resumeRecording();
     }
 
-    // currently we only support syncing background color and name
-    if (sceneData.appState) {
-      if (sceneData.appState.viewBackgroundColor) {
-        this.setState({
-          viewBackgroundColor: sceneData.appState.viewBackgroundColor,
-        });
-      }
-      if (sceneData.appState.name) {
-        this.setState({
-          name: sceneData.appState.name,
-        });
-      }
+    // currently we only support syncing background color
+    if (sceneData.appState?.viewBackgroundColor) {
+      this.setState({
+        viewBackgroundColor: sceneData.appState.viewBackgroundColor,
+      });
     }
 
     if (sceneData.elements) {