diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d749ee1..3a450a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Fixes
 Improvements
 - Improved NinePatch memory performance
 
+### MLEM.Ui
+Fixes
+- Fixed a crash if a paragraph has a link formatting code, but no font
+
 ## 5.0.0
 ### MLEM
 Additions
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
index 3f5276a..962fddf 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
@@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
             /// <inheritdoc />
             public override void ForceUpdateArea() {
                 // set the position offset and size to the token's first area
-                var area = this.Token.GetArea(Vector2.Zero, this.textScale).First();
+                var area = this.Token.GetArea(Vector2.Zero, this.textScale).FirstOrDefault();
                 this.PositionOffset = area.Location + new Vector2(((Paragraph) this.Parent).GetAlignmentOffset() / this.Parent.Scale, 0);
+                this.IsHidden = area.IsEmpty;
                 this.Size = area.Size;
                 base.ForceUpdateArea();
             }