diff --git a/src/flextype/core/Entries/Entries.php b/src/flextype/core/Entries/Entries.php
index 81c9d46f..3bbb157a 100755
--- a/src/flextype/core/Entries/Entries.php
+++ b/src/flextype/core/Entries/Entries.php
@@ -245,10 +245,14 @@ class Entries
                                     foreach ($entry_decoded['parsers'][$parser_name]['fields'] as $field) {
                                         if (! in_array($field, $this->system_fields)) {
                                             if ($parser_name == 'markdown') {
-                                                Arr::set($entry_decoded, $field, $this->flextype['parser']->parse(Arr::get($entry_decoded, $field), 'markdown', $cache));
+                                                if (Arr::keyExists($entry_decoded, $field)) {
+                                                    Arr::set($entry_decoded, $field, $this->flextype['parser']->parse(Arr::get($entry_decoded, $field), 'markdown', $cache));
+                                                }
                                             }
                                             if ($parser_name == 'shortcodes') {
-                                                Arr::set($entry_decoded, $field, $this->flextype['parser']->parse(Arr::get($entry_decoded, $field), 'shortcodes', $cache));
+                                                if (Arr::keyExists($entry_decoded, $field)) {
+                                                    Arr::set($entry_decoded, $field, $this->flextype['parser']->parse(Arr::get($entry_decoded, $field), 'shortcodes', $cache));
+                                                }
                                             }
                                         }
                                     }