diff --git a/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift b/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
index 686f3bf..8f8f3fe 100644
--- a/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
+++ b/Shared/PostList/PostListModel.swift
@@ -1,120 +1,121 @@
 import SwiftUI
 import CoreData
 
 class PostListModel: ObservableObject {
     func remove(_ post: WFAPost) {
         LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext.delete(post)
         LocalStorageManager().saveContext()
     }
 
     func purgePublishedPosts() {
         let fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult> = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "WFAPost")
         fetchRequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "status != %i", 0)
         let deleteRequest = NSBatchDeleteRequest(fetchRequest: fetchRequest)
 
         do {
             try LocalStorageManager.persistentContainer.viewContext.executeAndMergeChanges(using: deleteRequest)
         } catch {
             print("Error: Failed to purge cached posts.")
         }
     }
 
     func getBodyPreview(of post: WFAPost) -> String {
         var elidedPostBody: String = ""
 
         // Strip any markdown from the post body.
         let strippedPostBody = stripMarkdown(from: post.body)
 
         // Get the first 80 characters.
         let firstEightyChars = String(strippedPostBody.prefix(80))
 
         // Extract lede from post.
          elidedPostBody = extractLede(from: firstEightyChars)
 
         return elidedPostBody
     }
 }
 
 private extension PostListModel {
 
     func stripMarkdown(from string: String) -> String {
         var strippedString = string
         strippedString = stripHeadingOctothorpes(from: strippedString)
         strippedString = stripImages(from: strippedString, keepAltText: true)
         return strippedString
     }
 
-    
     func stripHeadingOctothorpes(from string: String) -> String {
         let newLines = CharacterSet.newlines
         var processedComponents: [String] = []
         let components = string.components(separatedBy: newLines)
         for component in components {
             if component.isEmpty {
                 continue
             }
             var newString = component
             while newString.first == "#" {
                 newString.removeFirst()
             }
             if newString.hasPrefix(" ") {
                 newString.removeFirst()
             }
             processedComponents.append(newString)
         }
         let headinglessString = processedComponents.joined(separator: "\n\n")
         return headinglessString
     }
 
     func stripImages(from string: String, keepAltText: Bool = false) -> String {
         let pattern = #"!\[[\"]?(.*?)[\"|]?\]\(.*?\)"#
         var processedComponents: [String] = []
         let components = string.components(separatedBy: .newlines)
         for component in components {
             if component.isEmpty { continue }
             var processedString: String = component
             if keepAltText {
                 let regex = try? NSRegularExpression(pattern: pattern, options: [])
                 if let matches = regex?.matches(
                     in: component, options: [], range: NSRange(location: 0, length: component.utf16.count)
                 ) {
                     for match in matches {
                         if let range = Range(match.range(at: 1), in: component) {
                             processedString = "\(component[range])"
                         }
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 let range = component.startIndex..<component.endIndex
                 processedString = component.replacingOccurrences(
                     of: pattern,
                     with: "",
                     options: .regularExpression,
                     range: range
                 )
             }
             if processedString.isEmpty { continue }
             processedComponents.append(processedString)
         }
         return processedComponents.joined(separator: "\n\n")
     }
 
     func extractLede(from string: String) -> String {
         let terminatingCharacters = CharacterSet(charactersIn: ".。?").union(.newlines)
 
-        var lede: String
+        var lede: String = ""
 
         let sentences = string.components(separatedBy: terminatingCharacters)
-        let firstSentence = sentences.filter { !$0.isEmpty }[0]
-
-        if firstSentence == string {
-            let endOfStringIndex = string.lastIndex(of: " ")
-            lede = String(string[..<(endOfStringIndex ?? string.index(string.endIndex, offsetBy: -2))]) + "…"
-        } else {
-            lede = firstSentence
+        if let firstSentence = sentences.filter({ !$0.isEmpty }).first {
+            if firstSentence == string {
+                if let endOfStringIndex = string.lastIndex(of: " ") {
+                    lede = String(string[..<(endOfStringIndex )]) + "…"
+                } else {
+                    lede = String(string[..<string.endIndex])
+                }
+            } else {
+                lede = firstSentence
+            }
         }
 
         return lede
     }
 }
-