diff --git a/app/presenters/wiki_page_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/wiki_page_presenter.rb
index 9df6cab00..c78004c82 100644
--- a/app/presenters/wiki_page_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/wiki_page_presenter.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class WikiPagePresenter
   end
   
   def blurb
-    excerpt.gsub(/<.+?>/, "")
+    excerpt.try(:gsub, /<.+?>/, "")
   end
   
   # Produce a formatted page that shows the difference between two versions of a page.