diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
index 58422a96f..e93ffb282 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIAccountDelegate.swift
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ private extension ReaderAPIAccountDelegate {
 							  uniqueID: entry.uniqueID(variant: variant),
 							  feedURL: streamID,
 							  url: nil,
-							  externalURL: entry.alternates.first?.url,
+							  externalURL: entry.alternates?.first?.url,
 							  title: entry.title,
 							  language: nil,
 							  contentHTML: entry.summary.content,
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
index 5d8575945..93de146f8 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/ReaderAPI/ReaderAPIEntry.swift
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct ReaderAPIEntry: Codable {
 	let timestampUsec: String?
 	
 	let summary: ReaderAPIArticleSummary
-	let alternates: [ReaderAPIAlternateLocation]
+	let alternates: [ReaderAPIAlternateLocation]?
 	let categories: [String]
 	let origin: ReaderAPIEntryOrigin