diff --git a/archivebox/themes/default/main_index.html b/archivebox/themes/default/main_index.html
index 925c4fa4..24ee8906 100644
--- a/archivebox/themes/default/main_index.html
+++ b/archivebox/themes/default/main_index.html
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                                 <a href="archive/{{link.timestamp}}/index.html"><img src="{% static 'spinner.gif' %}" class="link-favicon" decoding="async"></a>
                             {% endif %}
                             <a href="archive/{{link.timestamp}}/{{link.canonical_outputs.wget_path}}" title="{{link.title}}">
-                                <span data-title-for="{{link.url}}" data-archived="{{link.is_archived}}">{{link.title}}</span>
+                                <span data-title-for="{{link.url}}" data-archived="{{link.is_archived}}">{{link.title|default:'Loading...'}}</span>
                                 <small style="float:right">{{link.tags|default:''}}</small>
                             </a>
                         </td>