diff --git a/lib/render/renderer.js b/lib/render/renderer.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/render/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/render/renderer.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Renderer.prototype.hr = function() {
 };
 
 Renderer.prototype.after = function(text, token, parser) {
+  if(!text) return text;
   // crude way of removing escapes
   return unescape(text);
 }
Guard against undefined text in after().