diff --git a/.woodpecker.yaml b/.woodpecker.yaml
index 76c1c0e..1a962d9 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ steps:
       - wget -q https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/releases/download/5.8.0/tidy-5.8.0-Linux-64bit.deb
       - echo "59e594312207234f5a17455683c13c6bc47a89cb7bf994d493acfffb591d9830 tidy-5.8.0-Linux-64bit.deb" | sha256sum -c
       - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -qq -y ./tidy-5.8.0-Linux-64bit.deb
-      - tidy -q -e static/index.html
+      - tidy -q -e --drop-empty-elements no static/index.html
 
   - name: disable SEO indexing (on preprod only)
     when: