diff --git a/src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py b/src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py
index 3189af8..24fcae2 100644
--- a/src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py
+++ b/src/collective/contact/widget/widgets.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class TermViewlet(grok.Viewlet):
             title = self.context.get_full_title()
         else:
             title = self.context.Title()
-        title = title.decode('utf-8')
+        title = title and title.decode('utf-8') or u""
         return title
 
     @property