diff --git a/src/api/export.ts b/src/api/export.ts
index ba6a9db..1d1be4c 100644
--- a/src/api/export.ts
+++ b/src/api/export.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,6 @@ async function _export({
 }
 
 function get_href(attrs: string) {
-	const match = /href\s*=\s*(?:"(.*?)"|'(.+?)'|([^\s>]+))/.exec(attrs);
-	return match[1] || match[2] || match[3];
+	const match = /href\s*=\s*(?:"(.*?)"|'(.*?)'|([^\s>]*))/.exec(attrs);
+	return match && (match[1] || match[2] || match[3]);
 }
diff --git a/test/apps/export/src/routes/index.svelte b/test/apps/export/src/routes/index.svelte
index cdeb5a8..1928902 100644
--- a/test/apps/export/src/routes/index.svelte
+++ b/test/apps/export/src/routes/index.svelte
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <h1>Great success!</h1>
 
 <a href="blog">blog</a>
-<a href="">empty anchor</a>
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+<a href=>empty anchor #3</a>
+<a href= >empty anchor #4</a>
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