diff --git a/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
index 77ffdab..2dc38c5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ def link(link, _title, content)
   end
 
   def codespan(quote)
-    %(<code class="text-sm bg-stone-800 rounded text-amber-200 border-stone-500 border m-1 p-1">#{escape_html(quote.gsub("\n",
-                                                                                                                         ''))}</code>)
+    return '' if quote.nil? # Return an empty string if quote is nil
+
+    %(<code class="text-sm bg-stone-800 rounded text-amber-200 border-stone-500 border m-1 p-1">#{escape_html(quote.gsub("\n", ''))}</code>)
   end
 
   def block_code(code, _language)