diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index 06cb947..06b7d1d 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ let demo = false
 let noncomp = false
 let major_version = 2
 let minor_version = 5
-let version_date = "(devel, 22nd Nov 2021)"
+let version_date = "(devel, 28th Dec 2021)"
 
 open Pdfutil
 open Pdfio
diff --git a/cpdftoc.ml b/cpdftoc.ml
index 2db1dd0..93a7309 100644
--- a/cpdftoc.ml
+++ b/cpdftoc.ml
@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ let typeset_table_of_contents ~font ~fontsize ~title ~bookmark pdf =
   in
   let toc_pages =
     let title =
-      flatten
-        (map
-          (fun l -> [Cpdftype.Text l; Cpdftype.NewLine])
-          (split_toc_title (of_utf8 f title)))
+      let glue = Cpdftype.VGlue {glen = fontsize *. 2.; gstretch = 0.} in
+        if title = "" then [] else
+          flatten
+            (map
+              (fun l -> [Cpdftype.Text l; Cpdftype.NewLine])
+              (split_toc_title (of_utf8 f title)))
+          @ [glue]
     in
     let lm, rm, tm, bm =
       match firstpage_cropbox with
@@ -98,8 +101,7 @@ let typeset_table_of_contents ~font ~fontsize ~title ~bookmark pdf =
     in
       Cpdftype.typeset lm rm tm bm firstpage_papersize pdf
         ([Cpdftype.Font big; Cpdftype.BeginDocument] @ title @
-          [Cpdftype.VGlue {glen = fontsize *. 2.; gstretch = 0.};
-           Cpdftype.Font (f, fs)] @ flatten lines)
+          [Cpdftype.Font (f, fs)] @ flatten lines)
   in
   let toc_pages =
     match firstpage_cropbox with