diff --git a/fetch_posts.py b/fetch_posts.py
index 784d753..c7e8c9b 100755
--- a/fetch_posts.py
+++ b/fetch_posts.py
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ class PostFetcher:
 			""",
 			(
 				obj['id'],
-				obj['summary'],
+				# Pleroma returns an empty string here for posts without a CW,
+				# which is semantically incorrect IMO
+				obj['summary'] or None,
 				extract_post_content(obj['content']),
 				pendulum.parse(obj['published']).astimezone(pendulum.timezone('UTC')).timestamp(),
 			),