diff --git a/lib/v2/gq/templates/img.art b/lib/v2/gq/templates/img.art
index 3019ef276..4baa2d696 100644
--- a/lib/v2/gq/templates/img.art
+++ b/lib/v2/gq/templates/img.art
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+{{ if src }}
 <figure>
     <img src="{{ src }}"{{ if alt }} alt="{{@ alt }}"{{ /if }}>
     {{ if alt }}<figcaption>{{@ alt }}</figcaption>{{ /if }}
 </figure>
+{{ /if }}
diff --git a/lib/v2/gq/tw/index.js b/lib/v2/gq/tw/index.js
index 252debac7..26bbb0f52 100644
--- a/lib/v2/gq/tw/index.js
+++ b/lib/v2/gq/tw/index.js
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ module.exports = async (ctx) => {
                         dangerousDek: transformed.article.headerProps.dangerousDek, // quote
                         lede: art(path.join(__dirname, '../templates/img.art'), {
                             // header image
-                            src: largestImage(lede.sources, lede.id),
-                            alt: lede.caption,
+                            src: lede?.sources ? largestImage(lede.sources, lede.id) : null,
+                            alt: lede?.caption,
                         }),
                         articleBody: articleBody.html(),
                     });