diff --git a/ikiwiki b/ikiwiki
index 87414ab5b..bd905a426 100755
--- a/ikiwiki
+++ b/ikiwiki
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ sub loadindex () { #{{{
 			push @{$items{$item}}, $val;
 		}
 
+		next unless exists $items{src}; # skip bad lines for now
+
 		my $page=pagename($items{src}[0]);
 		if (! $config{rebuild}) {
 			$pagesources{$page}=$items{src}[0];