diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b8cac2..b8a7f3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ __pycache__/
 !*.defaults.json
 venv/
 .venv/
+
+bin
+lib
+lib64
+pyenv.cfg
diff --git a/fetch_posts.py b/fetch_posts.py
index 48859d8..d5eaa2f 100755
--- a/fetch_posts.py
+++ b/fetch_posts.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ class PostFetcher:
 
 		obj = activity['object']
 
+		try:
+			obj['summary']
+		except KeyError:
+			obj['summary'] = None
+
 		await self._db.execute(
 			"""
 			INSERT INTO posts (post_id, summary, content, published_at)