diff --git a/sigal/utils.py b/sigal/utils.py
index c7721ec..e86faf5 100644
--- a/sigal/utils.py
+++ b/sigal/utils.py
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ def read_markdown(filename):
         pass
     else:
         output['meta'] = meta
-        output['title'] = md.Meta.get('title', [''])[0]
+        try:
+            output['title'] = md.Meta['title'][0]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
 
     return output
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index b87e7cc..83e3f04 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_read_markdown_empty_file(tmpdir):
     src = tmpdir.join("file.txt")
     src.write("content")
     m = utils.read_markdown(str(src))
-    assert m['title'] == ''
+    assert 'title' not in m
     assert m['meta'] == {}
     assert m['description'] == '<p>content</p>'