diff --git a/layouts/index.json b/layouts/index.json
index 6e5fc4cc34..d329ce355c 100644
--- a/layouts/index.json
+++ b/layouts/index.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- $pages := slice }}
 {{- range .Site.Pages }}
-{{- if or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSearchHiddenPages true) }}
+{{- if and .Title (or (ne (.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenStem") true) (ne .Site.Params.disableSearchHiddenPages true) ) }}
 {{- $pages = $pages | append (dict "uri" .RelPermalink "title" .Title "tags" .Params.tags "description" .Description "content" (.Plain | htmlUnescape)) }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}