diff --git a/src/CommonMark/CodeBlockRenderer.php b/src/CommonMark/CodeBlockRenderer.php
index 824cc43..7e23062 100644
--- a/src/CommonMark/CodeBlockRenderer.php
+++ b/src/CommonMark/CodeBlockRenderer.php
@@ -31,14 +31,16 @@ public function render(Node $node, ChildNodeRendererInterface $childRenderer)
             $this->highlighter->withGutter((int)$startAt);
         }
 
-        $parsed = $this->highlighter->parse($node->getLiteral(), $matches['language']);
+        $language = $matches['language'] ?? 'txt';
+
+        $parsed = $this->highlighter->parse($node->getLiteral(), $language);
 
         $theme = $this->highlighter->getTheme();
 
         if ($theme instanceof WithPre) {
             return $theme->preBefore() . $parsed . $theme->preAfter();
         } else {
-            return '<pre data-lang="' . $matches['language'] . '">' . $parsed . '</pre>';
+            return '<pre data-lang="' . $language . '">' . $parsed . '</pre>';
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/CommonMark/CodeBlockRendererTest.php b/tests/CommonMark/CodeBlockRendererTest.php
index 4980089..fee5f81 100644
--- a/tests/CommonMark/CodeBlockRendererTest.php
+++ b/tests/CommonMark/CodeBlockRendererTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,32 @@ public function test_commonmark_with_pre(): void
 <pre style="color: #212121; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #D32F2F;">echo</span>;
 </pre>
 
+TXT;
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $markdown->convert($input)->getContent());
+    }
+
+    public function test_commonmark_with_no_language(): void
+    {
+        $environment = new Environment();
+
+        $environment
+            ->addExtension(new CommonMarkCoreExtension())
+            ->addExtension(new FrontMatterExtension())
+            ->addRenderer(FencedCode::class, new CodeBlockRenderer());
+
+        $markdown = new MarkdownConverter($environment);
+
+        $input = <<<'TXT'
+```
+echo;
+```
+TXT;
+
+        $expected = <<<'TXT'
+<pre data-lang="txt">echo;
+</pre>
+
 TXT;
 
         $this->assertSame($expected, $markdown->convert($input)->getContent());