diff --git a/scripts/FeedController.js b/scripts/FeedController.js
index 069f579..596b3be 100644
--- a/scripts/FeedController.js
+++ b/scripts/FeedController.js
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ angular.module('flashy.FeedController', ['ui.router', 'ngAnimate', 'ngWebSocket'
                     while (text[text.length - 1 - rightspaces] == ' ' || text[text.length - 1 - rightspaces] == '\xa0') rightspaces++;
                     if (leftspaces != text.length) blanks.push([i + leftspaces, i + text.length - rightspaces]);
                     i += text.length;
+                } else if (!node.data) {
+                    console.log('weird node', node);
+                    i += $(node).text().length;
                 } else {
                     i += node.data.length;
                 }