diff --git a/src/Page.php b/src/Page.php
index d180da6..bd04f71 100644
--- a/src/Page.php
+++ b/src/Page.php
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ private function parseContents(): array
                 );
                 $parsedMetadata = $defaultMetadata;
             }
-            $metadata = array_merge($defaultMetadata, $parsedMetadata);
+            $metadata = array_merge($defaultMetadata, $parsedMetadata ?? []);
             $body = substr($contents, $frontmatterClosePos + $hyphenCount);
         } else {
             $metadata = $defaultMetadata;
diff --git a/tests/PageTest.php b/tests/PageTest.php
index 2d982e2..8d763a2 100644
--- a/tests/PageTest.php
+++ b/tests/PageTest.php
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ public function provideWriting(): array
                 ['template' => 'lorem'],
                 'Ipsum.',
             ],
+            'empty Yaml and no body' => [
+                "---\n---\n",
+                ['template' => 'index'],
+                '',
+            ],
         ];
     }
 }