diff --git a/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift b/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift
index 833228120..d54e99a00 100644
--- a/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift	
+++ b/Shared/Article Rendering/ArticleRenderer.swift	
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ struct ArticleRenderer {
 		let renderer = ArticleRenderer(article: nil, style: style)
 		return renderer.noSelectionHTML
 	}
+	
+	static func noContentHTML(style: ArticleStyle) -> String {
+		let renderer = ArticleRenderer(article: nil, style: style)
+		return renderer.noContentHTML
+	}
 }
 
 // MARK: - Private
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@ private extension ArticleRenderer {
 		return renderHTML(withBody: body)
 	}
 
+	private var noContentHTML: String {
+		return renderHTML(withBody: "")
+	}
+
 	static var faviconImgTagCache = [Feed: String]()
 	static var feedIconImgTagCache = [Feed: String]()
 
diff --git a/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift b/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
index d206c1e24..1ae298f05 100644
--- a/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Detail/DetailViewController.swift
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ class DetailViewControllerWebViewProvider {
 		webView.uiDelegate = nil
 		webView.navigationDelegate = nil
 
-		let html = ArticleRenderer.noSelectionHTML(style: .defaultStyle)
+		let html = ArticleRenderer.noContentHTML(style: .defaultStyle)
 		webView.loadHTMLString(html, baseURL: nil)
 
 		queue.insert(webView, at: 0)