diff --git a/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js b/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
index c95eb5191a..70029a3313 100644
--- a/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
+++ b/core/frontend/helpers/ghost_head.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ module.exports = function ghost_head(options) { // eslint-disable-line camelcase
                 const styleTag = `<style>:root {--ghost-accent-color: ${accentColor};}</style>`;
                 const existingScriptIndex = _.findLastIndex(head, str => str.match(/<\/(style|script)>/));
 
-                if (existingScriptIndex) {
+                if (existingScriptIndex !== -1) {
                     head[existingScriptIndex] = head[existingScriptIndex] + styleTag;
                 } else {
                     head.push(styleTag);
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/ghost_head_spec.js b/test/unit/helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
index 467570c29e..4eb7244b38 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/ghost_head_spec.js
@@ -1631,5 +1631,31 @@ describe('{{ghost_head}} helper', function () {
                 done();
             }).catch(done);
         });
+
+        it('includes style tag on templates with no context', function (done) {
+            const renderObject = {
+                post: posts[1]
+            };
+
+            const templateOptions = {
+                site: {
+                    accent_color: '#123456'
+                }
+            };
+
+            helpers.ghost_head(testUtils.createHbsResponse({
+                templateOptions,
+                renderObject: renderObject,
+                locals: {
+                    relativeUrl: '/post/amp/',
+                    context: null,
+                    safeVersion: '0.3'
+                }
+            })).then(function (rendered) {
+                should.exist(rendered);
+                rendered.string.should.containEql('<style>:root {--ghost-accent-color: #123456;}</style>');
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+        });
     });
 });