diff --git a/src/svelte/app/services/render-data.ts b/src/svelte/app/services/render-data.ts
index 2606898..71e20cb 100644
--- a/src/svelte/app/services/render-data.ts
+++ b/src/svelte/app/services/render-data.ts
@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ export const formatFileDataForRender = ({
 		}
 	}
 
-	const textProperties: FileTextProperties = loadTextProperties(
-		app,
-		fileFrontmatter
-	);
-
 	let imageUrl: string | null = null;
 
 	//Handle image extension
@@ -168,6 +163,11 @@ export const formatFileDataForRender = ({
 
 	//Handle image in frontmatter
 	if (imageUrl === null && coverImageSource !== "off") {
+		const textProperties: FileTextProperties = loadTextProperties(
+			app,
+			fileFrontmatter
+		);
+
 		for (const property of textProperties) {
 			const { value } = property;
 			const uri = getURIForWikiLink(app, value, path);
diff --git a/src/svelte/shared/services/load-property-value.ts b/src/svelte/shared/services/load-property-value.ts
index 302cbf2..ee217dc 100644
--- a/src/svelte/shared/services/load-property-value.ts
+++ b/src/svelte/shared/services/load-property-value.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const loadTextProperties = (
 
 	for (const entry of Object.entries(frontmatter)) {
 		const [key, value] = entry;
-		if (value === null) {
+		if (value === undefined || value === null) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		const isTextProperty = allTextProperties.find((p) => p.name === key);