diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1296f32..af45d55 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5cb23db..9337143 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ publish = true
 
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 regex = "1.10.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0f96adf..97695c2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ struct FrontMatter {
     tags: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+impl Default for FrontMatter {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        FrontMatter {
+            title: "".to_string(),
+            date: "".to_string(),
+            tags: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), ConversionError> {
     // create an output buffer
     let mut stdout = io::stdout();
@@ -64,9 +74,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), ConversionError> {
     let matter = Matter::<YAML>::new().parse(&markdown_input);
     let front_matter: FrontMatter = matter
         .data
-        .unwrap()
-        .deserialize()
-        .map_err(ConversionError::Deserialization)?;
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|data| data.deserialize())
+        .transpose()
+        .map_err(ConversionError::Deserialization)?
+        .unwrap_or_default();
 
     writeln!(stdout, "{:?}", front_matter).map_err(ConversionError::FileWrite)?;
     let frontmatter_regex =