diff --git a/src/template/lib.zig b/src/template/lib.zig
index 4e8803c..4698cab 100644
--- a/src/template/lib.zig
+++ b/src/template/lib.zig
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ fn print(writer: anytype, arg: anytype) !void {
     if (T == void) return;
     if (comptime std.meta.trait.isZigString(T)) return htmlEscape(writer, arg);
     if (comptime std.meta.trait.isNumber(T)) return std.fmt.format(writer, "{}", .{arg});
+    if (comptime std.meta.trait.is(.Optional)(T)) return if (arg) |a| try print(writer, a);
     try std.fmt.format(writer, "{}", .{arg});
 }