diff --git a/src/features/Posts/Components/PostCard/StoryCard/StoryCard.tsx b/src/features/Posts/Components/PostCard/StoryCard/StoryCard.tsx
index 7c2fcb9..b21820b 100644
--- a/src/features/Posts/Components/PostCard/StoryCard/StoryCard.tsx
+++ b/src/features/Posts/Components/PostCard/StoryCard/StoryCard.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default function StoryCard({ story }: Props) {
 
     return (
         <div className="bg-white rounded-12 overflow-hidden border-2 border-gray-200">
-            <img src={story.cover_image} className='h-[200px] w-full object-cover' alt="" />
+            {story.cover_image && <img src={story.cover_image} className='h-[200px] w-full object-cover' alt="" />}
             <div className="p-24">
                 <Header author={story.author} date={story.createdAt} />
                 <Link to={createRoute({ type: 'story', id: story.id, title: story.title })}>
diff --git a/src/features/Posts/pages/CreatePostPage/Components/StoryForm/StoryForm.tsx b/src/features/Posts/pages/CreatePostPage/Components/StoryForm/StoryForm.tsx
index c54f03b..4e06e5e 100644
--- a/src/features/Posts/pages/CreatePostPage/Components/StoryForm/StoryForm.tsx
+++ b/src/features/Posts/pages/CreatePostPage/Components/StoryForm/StoryForm.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const schema = yup.object({
     title: yup.string().trim().required().min(10, 'the title is too short'),
     tags: yup.array().required().min(1, 'please pick at least one relevant tag'),
     body: yup.string().required().min(50, 'stories should have a minimum of 10 words'),
-    cover_image: yup.array().of(FileSchema as any)
+    cover_image: yup.array().of(FileSchema as any).min(1, "You need to add a cover image")
 
 }).required();
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export default function StoryForm() {
                     title: data.title,
                     body: data.body,
                     tags: data.tags.map(t => t.title),
-                    cover_image: data.cover_image[0] as string,
+                    cover_image: (data.cover_image[0] ?? '') as string,
                 },
             }
         })