diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
index 25fda1aa8..712557f77 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/user_view.ex
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def render("user.json", %{user: user = %User{}} = assigns) do
 
     data = %{
       "created_at" => user.inserted_at |> Utils.format_naive_asctime(),
-      "description" => HtmlSanitizeEx.strip_tags(user.bio |> String.replace("<br>", "\n")),
+      "description" => HtmlSanitizeEx.strip_tags((user.bio || "") |> String.replace("<br>", "\n")),
       "description_html" => HtmlSanitizeEx.basic_html(user.bio),
       "favourites_count" => 0,
       "followers_count" => user_info[:follower_count],