diff --git a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_common/src/price_store.ts b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_common/src/price_store.ts
index 9a6448e19d..1cf23e67c9 100644
--- a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_common/src/price_store.ts
+++ b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_common/src/price_store.ts
@@ -331,3 +331,11 @@ export async function isPriceStorePublisherInitialized(
   const response = await connection.getAccountInfo(publisherConfigKey);
   return response !== null;
 }
+
+export async function isPriceStoreInitialized(
+  connection: Connection
+): Promise<boolean> {
+  const configKey = findPriceStoreConfigAddress()[0];
+  const response = await connection.getAccountInfo(configKey);
+  return response !== null;
+}
diff --git a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
index 400d9e17bd..e373c831f0 100644
--- a/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
+++ b/governance/xc_admin/packages/xc_admin_frontend/components/tabs/General.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   PRICE_FEED_OPS_KEY,
   getMessageBufferAddressForPrice,
   getMaximumNumberOfPublishers,
+  isPriceStoreInitialized,
   isPriceStorePublisherInitialized,
   createDetermisticPriceStoreInitializePublisherInstruction,
 } from '@pythnetwork/xc-admin-common'
@@ -302,8 +303,8 @@ const General = ({ proposerServerUrl }: { proposerServerUrl: string }) => {
           : multisigAuthority
 
         const initPublisherInPriceStore = async (publisherKey: PublicKey) => {
-          // Price store is only available in Pythnet and Pythtest-crosschain
-          if (cluster !== 'pythnet' && cluster !== 'pythtest-crosschain') {
+          // Ignore this step if Price Store is not initialized (or not deployed)
+          if (!(await isPriceStoreInitialized(connection))) {
             return
           }