diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41ce473..ac6392a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ jobs:
           output: data   # output folder
           index: true    # whether to index content
       ...
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f0b2e96..2fbb657 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ func walk(root, ext string, index bool) (res []Link, i ContentIndex) {
 
 				frontmatter, body, err := m.Parse(strings.NewReader(text))
 				if err != nil {
-					panic(err)
+					frontmatter = map[string]interface{}{}
+					body = text
 				}
 
 				var title string