diff --git a/src/frontmatter.ts b/src/frontmatter.ts
index 7ef5d48..01b4a0d 100644
--- a/src/frontmatter.ts
+++ b/src/frontmatter.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
 
 import * as yaml from 'yaml';
 
-export function process_frontmatter(document: string, parse = true) {
-	if (! document.startsWith('---\n')) {
+export function process_frontmatter(raw_document: string, parse = true) {
+	if (! raw_document.startsWith('---\n')) {
 		return {
 			frontmatter: null,
-			markdown: document,
+			document: raw_document,
 		};
 	}
 
-	const endIndex = document.slice(3).indexOf('\n---\n') + 3;
-	const frontmatterYaml = document.slice(3, endIndex);
-	const markdown = document.slice(endIndex + 4);
-	const frontmatter = parse ? frontmatterYaml : yaml.parse(frontmatterYaml);
+	const end_index = raw_document.slice(3).indexOf('\n---\n') + 3;
+	
+	if (end_index === 2) {
+		return {
+			frontmatter: null,
+			document: raw_document,
+		};
+	}
 
-	return { frontmatter, markdown };
+	const formatter_yaml = raw_document.slice(3, end_index);
+	const document = raw_document.slice(end_index + 4);
+	const frontmatter = parse ? formatter_yaml : yaml.parse(formatter_yaml);
+
+	return { frontmatter, document };
 }