diff --git a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
index d326595..9d48206 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(content: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<Render
 
                         Event::Start(Tag::Image(link_type, src, title))
                     }
+                    Event::Start(Tag::Link(link_type, link, title)) if link.is_empty() => {
+                        error = Some(Error::msg("There is a link that is missing a URL"));
+                        Event::Start(Tag::Link(link_type, "#".into(), title))
+                    }
                     Event::Start(Tag::Link(link_type, link, title)) => {
                         let fixed_link = match fix_link(
                             link_type,
diff --git a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
index dece103..338f19e 100644
--- a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
@@ -857,3 +857,27 @@ fn leaves_custom_url_scheme_untouched() {
 
     assert_eq!(res.body, expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn stops_with_an_error_on_an_empty_link() {
+    let content = r#"[some link]()"#;
+
+    let tera_ctx = Tera::default();
+    let config = Config::default();
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+
+    let context = RenderContext::new(
+        &tera_ctx,
+        &config,
+        "https://vincent.is/",
+        &permalinks_ctx,
+        InsertAnchor::None,
+    );
+
+    let res = render_content(content, &context);
+
+    let expected = "There is a link that is missing a URL";
+
+    assert!(res.is_err());
+    assert_eq!(res.unwrap_err().to_string(), expected);
+}
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