diff --git a/src/rss.rs b/src/rss.rs
index bb87e23..1372646 100644
--- a/src/rss.rs
+++ b/src/rss.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct Rss<'a> {
 pub struct Channel<'a> {
     #[serde(rename = "item", default)]
     pub (crate) items : Vec<Item<'a>>,
-    pub (crate) link : Cow<'a, str>,
+    pub (crate) link : Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
     pub (crate) title : Cow<'a, str>,
     pub (crate) description : Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
     #[serde(rename = "{http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd}itunes:author")]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct Channel<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct Image<'a> {
-    pub (crate) link : Cow<'a, str>,
+    pub (crate) link : Option<Cow<'a, str>>,
     pub (crate) title : Cow<'a, str>,
     pub (crate) url : Cow<'a, str>,
 }