diff --git a/src/components/TopicDetail/TopicDetail.tsx b/src/components/TopicDetail/TopicDetail.tsx
index f47f6d0d9..fa616a039 100644
--- a/src/components/TopicDetail/TopicDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TopicDetail/TopicDetail.tsx
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ export function TopicDetail(props: TopicDetailProps) {
           const sanitizedMarkdown = sanitizeMarkdown(
             (response as RoadmapContentDocument).description || '',
           );
+
+          setHasContent(sanitizedMarkdown?.length > 0);
           topicHtml = markdownToHtml(sanitizedMarkdown, false);
         }