diff --git a/website/client/components/userMenu/profile.vue b/website/client/components/userMenu/profile.vue
index c96aaa646d..fabddf112d 100644
--- a/website/client/components/userMenu/profile.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/userMenu/profile.vue
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ div
         .col-8
           .about
             h2 {{ $t('about') }}
-            p(v-markdown='user.profile.blurb')
+            p(v-if='user.profile.blurb', v-markdown='user.profile.blurb')
+            p(v-else) {{ $t('noDescription') }}
           .photo
             h2 {{ $t('photo') }}
             img.img-rendering-auto(v-if='user.profile.imageUrl', :src='user.profile.imageUrl')
+            p(v-else) {{ $t('noPhoto') }}
 
         .col-4
           .info
@@ -671,8 +673,7 @@ export default {
       this.achievements = achievementsLib.getAchievementsForProfile(user);
 
       // @TODO For some reason markdown doesn't seem to be handling numbers or maybe undefined?
-      user.profile.blurb = `${user.profile.blurb}`;
-
+      user.profile.blurb = user.profile.blurb ? `${user.profile.blurb}` : '';
       return user;
     },
     incentivesProgress () {
diff --git a/website/common/locales/en/character.json b/website/common/locales/en/character.json
index 1619de569b..dd172c5aa2 100644
--- a/website/common/locales/en/character.json
+++ b/website/common/locales/en/character.json
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   "profile": "Profile",
   "avatar": "Customize Avatar",
   "editAvatar": "Edit Avatar",
+  "noDescription": "This Habitican hasn't added a description.",
+  "noPhoto": "This Habitican hasn't added a photo.",
   "other": "Other",
   "fullName": "Full Name",
   "displayName": "Display Name",