diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/ErrorStatusDisplayItem.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/ErrorStatusDisplayItem.java
index 20ca27d6ed..a271c2325a 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/ErrorStatusDisplayItem.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/displayitems/ErrorStatusDisplayItem.java
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ public Holder(Context context, ViewGroup parent) {
 			findViewById(R.id.button_copy_error_details).setOnClickListener(this::copyErrorDetails);
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		public void onClick(){
+			// explicitly do nothing when clicked
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isEnabled(){
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		public void onBind(ErrorStatusDisplayItem item) {
 			openInBrowserButton.setEnabled(item.status!=null && item.status.url!=null);
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
index 9d679db334..9698d911d7 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/text/HtmlParser.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public void head(@NonNull Node node, int depth){
 							String href=el.attr("href");
 							LinkSpan.Type linkType;
 							String text=el.text();
-							if(el.hasClass("hashtag") || text.startsWith("#")){
+							if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(text) && (el.hasClass("hashtag") || text.startsWith("#"))){
 								// MOSHIDON: we have slightly refactored this so that the hashtags properly work in akkoma
 								// TODO: upstream this
 								linkType=LinkSpan.Type.HASHTAG;