diff --git a/app/components/About.tsx b/app/components/About.tsx
index bd86353..e608fbe 100644
--- a/app/components/About.tsx
+++ b/app/components/About.tsx
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ const About = () => {
           description="Tools & Technologies"
           header={
             <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 p-2 overflow-y-auto max-h-40 scrollbar-hide">
-              {techStack.length > 0 ? (
-                techStack.flatMap(cat => cat.items.map((item: any) => (
+              {techStack && techStack.length > 0 ? (
+                techStack.flatMap(cat => cat.items?.map((item: any) => (
                   <motion.span 
                     key={item.id}
                     whileHover={{ scale: 1.05 }}
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ const About = () => {
           description="Beyond the screen"
           header={
             <div className="grid grid-cols-2 md:grid-cols-4 gap-3 mt-2">
-              {hobbies.length > 0 ? hobbies.map((hobby, i) => {
+              {hobbies && hobbies.length > 0 ? hobbies.map((hobby, i) => {
                 const Icon = iconMap[hobby.icon] || Lightbulb;
                 return (
                   <motion.div 
diff --git a/lib/richtext.ts b/lib/richtext.ts
index 21ee2fb..e39c7e9 100644
--- a/lib/richtext.ts
+++ b/lib/richtext.ts
@@ -10,62 +10,83 @@ import Highlight from "@tiptap/extension-highlight";
 import { FontFamily } from "@/lib/tiptap/fontFamily";
 
 export function richTextToSafeHtml(doc: JSONContent): string {
-  const raw = generateHTML(doc, [
-    StarterKit,
-    Underline,
-    Link.configure({
-      openOnClick: false,
-      autolink: false,
-      HTMLAttributes: { rel: "noopener noreferrer", target: "_blank" },
-    }),
-    TextStyle,
-    FontFamily,
-    Color,
-    Highlight,
-  ]);
+  if (!doc || typeof doc !== "object" || Object.keys(doc).length === 0) {
+    return "";
+  }
 
-  return sanitizeHtml(raw, {
-    allowedTags: [
-      "p",
-      "br",
-      "h1",
-      "h2",
-      "h3",
-      "blockquote",
-      "strong",
-      "em",
-      "u",
-      "a",
-      "ul",
-      "ol",
-      "li",
-      "code",
-      "pre",
-      "span"
-    ],
-    allowedAttributes: {
-      a: ["href", "rel", "target"],
-      span: ["style"],
-      code: ["class"],
-      pre: ["class"],
-      p: ["class"],
-      h1: ["class"],
-      h2: ["class"],
-      h3: ["class"],
-      blockquote: ["class"],
-      ul: ["class"],
-      ol: ["class"],
-      li: ["class"]
-    },
-    allowedSchemes: ["http", "https", "mailto"],
-    allowProtocolRelative: false,
-    allowedStyles: {
-      span: {
-        color: [/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{3,8}$/],
-        "background-color": [/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{3,8}$/],
-        "font-family": [/^(Inter|ui-sans-serif|ui-serif|ui-monospace)$/],
+  // Ensure type is present to satisfy Tiptap requirement
+  const typedDoc = { ...doc };
+  if (!typedDoc.type) {
+    typedDoc.type = "doc";
+  }
+
+  // Ensure content is an array
+  if (!typedDoc.content) {
+    typedDoc.content = [];
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const raw = generateHTML(typedDoc, [
+      StarterKit,
+      Underline,
+      Link.configure({
+        openOnClick: false,
+        autolink: false,
+        HTMLAttributes: { rel: "noopener noreferrer", target: "_blank" },
+      }),
+      TextStyle,
+      FontFamily,
+      Color,
+      Highlight,
+    ]);
+
+    return sanitizeHtml(raw, {
+      allowedTags: [
+        "p",
+        "br",
+        "h1",
+        "h2",
+        "h3",
+        "blockquote",
+        "strong",
+        "em",
+        "u",
+        "a",
+        "ul",
+        "ol",
+        "li",
+        "code",
+        "pre",
+        "span"
+      ],
+      allowedAttributes: {
+        a: ["href", "rel", "target"],
+        span: ["style"],
+        code: ["class"],
+        pre: ["class"],
+        p: ["class"],
+        h1: ["class"],
+        h2: ["class"],
+        h3: ["class"],
+        blockquote: ["class"],
+        ul: ["class"],
+        ol: ["class"],
+        li: ["class"]
       },
-    },
-  });
+      allowedSchemes: ["http", "https", "mailto"],
+      allowProtocolRelative: false,
+      allowedStyles: {
+        span: {
+          color: [/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{3,8}$/],
+          "background-color": [/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{3,8}$/],
+          "font-family": [/^(Inter|ui-sans-serif|ui-serif|ui-monospace)$/],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
+      console.error("Error generating HTML from rich text:", error);
+    }
+    return "";
+  }
 }
-