use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Repository\RepositoryFactory as RepositoryFactoryInterface;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectRepository;
+
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouterInterface;
 use Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
 
                //Set to current locale
                //XXX: current request is not yet populated in constructor
-               $this->locale = $this->request->getCurrentRequest()->getLocale() ?? $this->locale;
+               $this->locale = $this->request->getCurrentRequest()?->getLocale() ?? $this->locale;
 
                //Return repository class instance
                //XXX: router, slugger, translator and locale arguments will be ignored by default