diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index de99253a..196e6888 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -259,11 +259,16 @@ def microblog_content_to_title(html: str) -> str:
     question_index = title.find('?')
     exclamation_index = title.find('!')
 
-    # Find the earliest occurrence of either '.' or '?'
+    # Find the earliest occurrence of either '.' or '?' or '!'
     end_index = min(period_index if period_index != -1 else float('inf'),
                     question_index if question_index != -1 else float('inf'),
                     exclamation_index if exclamation_index != -1 else float('inf'))
 
+    # give up if there's no recognised punctuation
+    if end_index == float('inf'):
+        title = '(content in post body)'
+        return title
+
     if end_index != -1:
         if question_index != -1:
             end_index += 1  # Add the ? back on