diff --git a/crates/outline/src/outline.rs b/crates/outline/src/outline.rs
index 14b57f2d132314d189d0fa3c94d840c27e49c007..af22b87ee6ccf1a7b23bf66be1144c984af42cf5 100644
--- a/crates/outline/src/outline.rs
+++ b/crates/outline/src/outline.rs
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ impl OutlineView {
                     (ix, depth, distance_to_closest_endpoint)
                 })
                 .max_by_key(|(_, depth, distance)| (*depth, Reverse(*distance)))
-                .unwrap()
-                .0;
+                .map(|(ix, _, _)| ix)
+                .unwrap_or(0);
             navigate_to_selected_index = false;
         } else {
             self.matches = smol::block_on(self.outline.search(&query, cx.background().clone()));