diff --git a/post.go b/post.go
index 90eb5cf..a4d4ab0 100644
--- a/post.go
+++ b/post.go
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ func (post *Post) RenderedContent() string {
 	// trim yaml block
 	// TODO this can be done nicer
 	trimmedData := bytes.TrimSpace(data)
+	// ensure that data ends with a newline
+	trimmedData = append(trimmedData, []byte("\n")...)
 	// check first line is ---
 	if string(trimmedData[0:4]) == "---\n" {
 		trimmedData = trimmedData[4:]
diff --git a/post_test.go b/post_test.go
index 67b30a9..898bf72 100644
--- a/post_test.go
+++ b/post_test.go
@@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ func TestComplexParallelWebmentions(t *testing.T) {
 	assertions.AssertLen(t, outs, 20)
 }
 
+func TestPostWithoutContent(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := getTestRepo(owl.RepoConfig{})
+	user, _ := repo.CreateUser("testuser")
+	post, _ := user.CreateNewPostFull(owl.PostMeta{}, "")
+
+	result := post.RenderedContent()
+	assertions.AssertEqual(t, result, "")
+}
+
 // func TestComplexParallelSimulatedProcessesWebmentions(t *testing.T) {
 // 	repoName := testRepoName()
 // 	repo, _ := owl.CreateRepository(repoName, owl.RepoConfig{})