diff --git a/src/client/components/pages/entities/cbReviewModal.tsx b/src/client/components/pages/entities/cbReviewModal.tsx
index eaafcdca7..73e4154c4 100644
--- a/src/client/components/pages/entities/cbReviewModal.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/pages/entities/cbReviewModal.tsx
@@ -501,8 +501,11 @@ class CBReviewModal extends React.Component<
 
 	private accessToken = '';
 
+	/* executes getAccessToken() only in a browser to avoid unnecessary server-side calls during component mounting */
 	componentDidMount = async () => {
-		this.accessToken = await this.getAccessToken();
+		if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
+			this.accessToken = await this.getAccessToken();
+		}
 	};
 
 	render() {