diff --git a/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs b/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
index 1e70143..3f90ab6 100644
--- a/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
+++ b/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ namespace StateJobsNYSubmit.Pages
             if (vacancyID != null && !vacancyID.Trim().Equals(""))
             {
                 posting = new Posting(vacancyID);
-                this.CoverLetter = posting.GenerateLetter(coverLetterFormat, userData, Request.Form["SkillCheckboxes"]);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Request.Form["SkillCheckboxes"]))
+                {
+                    this.CoverLetter = posting.GenerateLetter(coverLetterFormat, userData, Request.Form["SkillCheckboxes"]);
+                }
                 this.Posting_ID = vacancyID;
             }
             else
diff --git a/Posting.cs b/Posting.cs
index 7429ac3..195998d 100644
--- a/Posting.cs
+++ b/Posting.cs
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ public class Posting
         {
             switch (i)
             {
-                case 0: this.Agency = link.InnerHtml.Trim();  break;
+                case 0: this.Agency = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 1: this.Title = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 2: this.OccupationalCategory = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 3: this.SalaryGrade = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 4: this.BargainingUnit = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
-                case 5: this.SalaryRange = link.InnerHtml.Trim();  break;
-                case 6: this.EmploymentType = link.InnerHtml.Trim();  break;
-                case 7: this.AppointmentType = link.InnerHtml.Trim();  break;
+                case 5: this.SalaryRange = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
+                case 6: this.EmploymentType = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
+                case 7: this.AppointmentType = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 8: this.JurisdictionalClass = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 9: this.TravelPercentage = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
                 case 19: this.LocationAddress.Street = link.InnerHtml.Trim(); break;
@@ -89,13 +89,18 @@ public class Posting
         this.VacancyID = id;
     }
 
-    public string GenerateLetter(string s, UserData data, string skills) {
+    public string GenerateLetter(string s, UserData data, string skills)
+    {
         string ret = "" + s;
         ret = ret.Replace("$name", this.ContactName);
         ret = ret.Replace("$vacancy", this.VacancyID);
         ret = ret.Replace("$title", this.Title);
         ret = ret.Replace("$box", this.BoxNumber);
-        ret = ret.Replace("$email", data.email);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.email))
+        {
+
+            ret = ret.Replace("$email", data.email);
+        }
         string skillRet = "• " + skills.Replace(",", "• ");
         ret = ret.Replace("$skills", skillRet);