diff --git a/src/content-render/unified/rewrite-local-links.js b/src/content-render/unified/rewrite-local-links.js
index e5f8ad774d..2afed4a28e 100644
--- a/src/content-render/unified/rewrite-local-links.js
+++ b/src/content-render/unified/rewrite-local-links.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function logError(file, line, message, title = 'Error') {
 }
 
 function getFrontmatterOffset(filePath) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) return 0
   const rawContent = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')
   let delimiters = 0
   let count = 0