diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
index fe7d49975..aa1d41fa2 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ def render(
         content
         |> String.replace(~r/<br\s?\/?>/, "\n")
         |> HTML.get_cached_stripped_html_for_object(activity, __MODULE__)
+      else
+        ""
       end
 
     reply_parent = Activity.get_in_reply_to_activity(activity)