diff --git a/css/parser.cpp b/css/parser.cpp
index c663f34b..87be1165 100644
--- a/css/parser.cpp
+++ b/css/parser.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ StyleSheet Parser::parse_rules() {
             media_query = MediaQuery::parse(*tmp_query);
             if (!media_query) {
                 spdlog::warn("Unable to parse media query: '{}'", *tmp_query);
+                media_query = MediaQuery{MediaQuery::False{}};
             }
             consume_char(); // {
             skip_whitespace_and_comments();
diff --git a/css/parser_test.cpp b/css/parser_test.cpp
index 93ddd405..7bbc664c 100644
--- a/css/parser_test.cpp
+++ b/css/parser_test.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int main() {
     etest::test("parser: bad media query", [] {
         auto rules = css::parse("@media (rip: 0) { p { font-size: 10px; } }").rules;
         auto const &rule = rules.at(0);
-        expect_eq(rule.media_query, std::nullopt);
+        expect_eq(rule.media_query, css::MediaQuery{css::MediaQuery::False{}});
         expect_eq(rule.selectors, std::vector{"p"s});
         require_eq(rule.declarations.size(), std::size_t{1});
         expect_eq(rule.declarations.at(css::PropertyId::FontSize), "10px");