diff --git a/scripts/hist_importer.py b/scripts/hist_importer.py
index 526a752e2..7b594a580 100755
--- a/scripts/hist_importer.py
+++ b/scripts/hist_importer.py
@@ -100,16 +100,23 @@ def clean(history):
     """Clean up records from source database.
 
     Receives a list of record and sanityze them in order for them to be
-    properly imported to qutebrowser. Sanitation requires addiing a 4th
+    properly imported to qutebrowser. Sanitation requires adding a 4th
     attribute 'redirect' which is filled with '0's, and also purging all
     records that have a NULL/None datetime attribute.
 
     Args:
         history: List of records (datetime, url, title) from source database.
     """
+    # replace missing titles with an empty string
+    for index, record in enumerate(history):
+        if record[1] is None:
+            cleaned = list(record)
+            cleaned[1] = ''
+            history[index] = tuple(cleaned)
+
     nulls = [record for record in history if None in record]
-    for null_datetime in nulls:
-        history.remove(null_datetime)
+    for null_record in nulls:
+        history.remove(null_record)
     history = [list(record) for record in history]
     for record in history:
         record.append('0')