diff --git a/src/components/ProjectPreview.jsx b/src/components/ProjectPreview.jsx
index 49a7d3cd08..0ebd56c4a9 100644
--- a/src/components/ProjectPreview.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ProjectPreview.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default function ProjectPreview({
         {preview.slice(0, MAX_LENGTH)}
         {!isNil(project.updatedAt) && (
           <div className="project-preview__timestamp">
-            {moment(project.updatedAt).fromNow()}
+            {moment(project.updatedAt).fromNow() || '\b'}
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/util/compileProject.js b/src/util/compileProject.js
index 1056138e84..4d6f4d2a80 100644
--- a/src/util/compileProject.js
+++ b/src/util/compileProject.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export async function addJavascript(doc, {sources: {javascript}}, opts) {
 
 export function generateTextPreview(project) {
   const {title} = constructDocument(project);
-  return (title || '').trim();
+  return (title || '\b').trim();
 }
 
 export default async function compileProject(project, {isInlinePreview} = {}) {