diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d83d82024..21723ee26 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
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         "joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm": "1.0.12",
         "jsdom": "22.1.0",
-        "marked": "9.0.0",
+        "marked": "9.0.3",
         "mime-types": "2.1.35",
         "multer": "1.4.5-lts.1",
         "node-abi": "3.47.0",
@@ -8946,9 +8946,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/marked": {
-      "version": "9.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-9.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-37yoTpjU+TSXb9OBYY5n78z/CqXh76KiQj9xsKxEdztzU9fRLmbWO5YqKxgCVGKlNdexppnbKTkwB3RipVri8w==",
+      "version": "9.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-9.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pI/k4nzBG1PEq1J3XFEHxVvjicfjl8rgaMaqclouGSMPhk7Q3Ejb2ZRxx/ZQOcQ1909HzVoWCFYq6oLgtL4BpQ==",
       "bin": {
         "marked": "bin/marked.js"
       },
@@ -19990,9 +19990,9 @@
       "requires": {}
     },
     "marked": {
-      "version": "9.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-9.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-37yoTpjU+TSXb9OBYY5n78z/CqXh76KiQj9xsKxEdztzU9fRLmbWO5YqKxgCVGKlNdexppnbKTkwB3RipVri8w=="
+      "version": "9.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-9.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pI/k4nzBG1PEq1J3XFEHxVvjicfjl8rgaMaqclouGSMPhk7Q3Ejb2ZRxx/ZQOcQ1909HzVoWCFYq6oLgtL4BpQ=="
     },
     "matcher": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d6c39482..f5f8ea55a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "jimp": "0.22.10",
     "joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm": "1.0.12",
     "jsdom": "22.1.0",
-    "marked": "9.0.0",
+    "marked": "9.0.3",
     "mime-types": "2.1.35",
     "multer": "1.4.5-lts.1",
     "node-abi": "3.47.0",
diff --git a/src/services/utils.js b/src/services/utils.js
index ca315cf65..0298d806a 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.js
+++ b/src/services/utils.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ function md5(content) {
 }
 
 function hashedBlobId(content) {
+    if (content === null || content === undefined) {
+        content = "";
+    }
+
     // sha512 is faster than sha256
     const base64Hash = crypto.createHash('sha512').update(content).digest('base64');