diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 769aa9d..ad7b913 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ pub struct Poll {
 
 impl Poll {
 	pub fn parse(poll_data: &Value) -> Option<Self> {
-		if poll_data.as_object().is_none() { return None };
+		poll_data.as_object()?;
 		
 		let total_vote_count = poll_data["total_vote_count"].as_u64()?;
 		// voting_end_timestamp is in the format of milliseconds
 		let voting_end_timestamp = time(poll_data["voting_end_timestamp"].as_f64()? / 1000.0);
-		let poll_options = PollOption::parse(&poll_data["options"]);
+		let poll_options = PollOption::parse(&poll_data["options"])?;
 
 		Some(Self {
 			poll_options,
@@ -119,36 +119,38 @@ impl Poll {
 	}
 
 	pub fn most_votes(&self) -> u64 {
-		self.poll_options.iter().map(|o| o.vote_count).max().unwrap_or(0)
+		self.poll_options.iter().map(|o| o.vote_count).flatten().max().unwrap_or(0)
 	}
 }
 
 pub struct PollOption {
 	pub id: u64,
 	pub text: String,
-	pub vote_count: u64
+	pub vote_count: Option<u64>
 }
 
 impl PollOption {
-	pub fn parse(options: &Value) -> Vec<Self> {
-		options
-		.as_array()
-		.unwrap_or(&Vec::new())
+	pub fn parse(options: &Value) -> Option<Vec<Self>> {
+		Some(options
+		.as_array()?
 		.iter()
 		.map(|option| {
 			// For each poll option
-			let id = option["id"].as_u64().unwrap_or_default();
-			let text = option["text"].as_str().unwrap_or_default().to_owned();
-			let vote_count = option["vote_count"].as_u64().unwrap_or_default();
+
+			// we can't just use as_u64() because "id": String("...") and serde would parse it as None
+			let id = option["id"].as_str()?.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+			let text = option["text"].as_str()?.to_owned();
+			let vote_count = option["vote_count"].as_u64();
 
 			// Construct PollOption items
-			Self {
+			Some(Self {
 				id,
 				text,
 				vote_count
-			}
+			})
 		})
-		.collect::<Vec<Self>>()
+		.flatten()
+		.collect::<Vec<Self>>())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/utils.html b/templates/utils.html
index 4bf7bdf..d5f3f69 100644
--- a/templates/utils.html
+++ b/templates/utils.html
@@ -315,14 +315,20 @@
 				<span>{{ poll.voting_end_timestamp.0 }}</span>
 				{% for option in poll.poll_options %}
 				<div class="poll_option">
-					{# Posts without vote_count (all open polls) will show up as having 0 votes.
+					{# Posts without vote_count (all open polls) will show up without votes.
 						This is an issue with Reddit API, it doesn't work on Old Reddit either. #}
-					{% if option.vote_count == widest %}
-						<div class="poll_chart most_voted" style="width: 100%"></div>
-					{% else %}
-						<div class="poll_chart" style="width: {{ (option.vote_count * 100) / widest }}%"></div>
-					{% endif %}
-					<span>{{ option.vote_count }}</span>
+					{% match option.vote_count %}
+						{% when Some with (vote_count) %}
+							{% if vote_count.eq(widest) || widest == 0 %}
+								<div class="poll_chart most_voted" style="width: 100%"></div>
+							{% else %}
+								<div class="poll_chart" style="width: {{ (vote_count * 100) / widest }}%"></div>
+							{% endif %}
+							<span>{{ vote_count }}</span>
+						{% when None %}
+							<div class="poll_chart most_voted" style="width: 100%"></div>
+							<span></span>
+					{% endmatch %}
 					<span>{{ option.text }}</span>
 				</div>
 				{% endfor %}