diff --git a/src/sbot.rs b/src/sbot.rs
index c5b7134..ac0cdf3 100644
--- a/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/src/sbot.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ pub async fn get_root_posts(
                         if !content_map.contains_key("root") {
                             latest_sequence = msg.value.sequence;
 
-                            let text = content_map.get_key_value("text").unwrap().1.to_string();
+                            let text = match content_map.get_key_value("text") {
+                                Some(value) => value.1.to_string(),
+                                None => String::from(""),
+                            };
                             let timestamp = msg.value.timestamp.round() as i64 / 1000;
                             let datetime = NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp(timestamp, 0);
                             let date = datetime.format("%d %b %Y").to_string();