diff --git a/app/activitypub/util.py b/app/activitypub/util.py
index 06b4f750..fbea4c06 100644
--- a/app/activitypub/util.py
+++ b/app/activitypub/util.py
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ def refresh_user_profile_task(user_id):
                                     'indexable': new_indexable})
 
             user.user_name = activity_json['preferredUsername']
-            user.title = activity_json['name']
+            if 'name' in activity_json:
+                user.title = activity_json['name']
             user.about_html = parse_summary(activity_json)
             user.ap_fetched_at = utcnow()
             user.public_key = activity_json['publicKey']['publicKeyPem']