diff --git a/app/main/views/register.py b/app/main/views/register.py
index 5bfb55eb3..c1fd591d2 100644
--- a/app/main/views/register.py
+++ b/app/main/views/register.py
@@ -154,17 +154,21 @@ def set_up_your_profile():
     code = request.args.get("code")
     state = request.args.get("state")
 
+    login_gov_error = request.args.get("error")
+    if login_gov_error:
+        flash(f"Login.gov error: {login_gov_error}")
+        abort(403, f"login_gov_error {login_gov_error} #invites")
+
+    if not state:
+        flash("Login.gov state not detected")
+        abort(403, "Login.gov state not detected #invites")
+
     state_key = f"login-state-{unquote(state)}"
     stored_state = unquote(redis_client.get(state_key).decode("utf8"))
     if state != stored_state:
         flash("Internal error: cannot recognize stored state")
         abort(403, "Internal error: cannot recognize stored state #invites")
 
-    login_gov_error = request.args.get("error")
-    if login_gov_error:
-        flash(f"Login.gov error: {login_gov_error}")
-        abort(403, f"login_gov_error {login_gov_error} #invites")
-
     user_email = redis_client.get(f"user_email-{state}")
     user_uuid = redis_client.get(f"user_uuid-{state}")
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 798d7f922..67a1ce98f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3801,14 +3801,14 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
-version = "20.33.1"
+version = "20.34.0"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 groups = ["main", "dev"]
 files = [
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.33.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:07c19bc66c11acab6a5958b815cbcee30891cd1c2ccf53785a28651a0d8d8a67"},
-    {file = "virtualenv-20.33.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1b44478d9e261b3fb8baa5e74a0ca3bc0e05f21aa36167bf9cbf850e542765b8"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.34.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:341f5afa7eee943e4984a9207c025feedd768baff6753cd660c857ceb3e36026"},
+    {file = "virtualenv-20.34.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:44815b2c9dee7ed86e387b842a84f20b93f7f417f95886ca1996a72a4138eb1a"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a2f9c91a0..945b8ee8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ requests = "^2.32.4"
 six = "^1.16.0"
 urllib3 = "^2.5.0"
 webencodings = "^0.5.1"
-virtualenv = "<20.34"
+virtualenv = "<20.35"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]