diff --git a/app/lib/webfinger.rb b/app/lib/webfinger.rb
index ae8a3b1eae..aeafe19702 100644
--- a/app/lib/webfinger.rb
+++ b/app/lib/webfinger.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Webfinger
     private
 
     def links
-      @links ||= @json['links'].index_by { |link| link['rel'] }
+      @links ||= @json.fetch('links', []).index_by { |link| link['rel'] }
     end
 
     def validate_response!