diff --git a/apprise/conversion.py b/apprise/conversion.py
index 89171433..898f8007 100644
--- a/apprise/conversion.py
+++ b/apprise/conversion.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class HTMLMarkDownConverter(HTMLConverter):
self._preserver_cr = True
elif tag == 'a':
- for name, link in attrs:
+ for name, link in attrs: # pragma: no branch
if name == 'href':
self._link = '(' + link + ')'
# Take an early exit for speed (in case there are more
diff --git a/test/test_conversion.py b/test/test_conversion.py
index c09eb86e..406db664 100644
--- a/test/test_conversion.py
+++ b/test/test_conversion.py
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ def test_conversion_html_to_text():
"my link") == \
"test my link"
+ # a with missing href entry
+ assert to_html("test "
+ "my link") == \
+ "test my link"
+
# missing
assert to_html("line 1 bold
"
" my link"