diff --git a/src/utils/decrypt.ts b/src/utils/decrypt.ts
index 5048ca6e..5756b4b3 100644
--- a/src/utils/decrypt.ts
+++ b/src/utils/decrypt.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ export const performDecryption = (encryptedText: string, passwords: Array<string
     }catch(e: any){
         console.log(e.message)
     }
+    return encryptedText;
 }
diff --git a/test/data/test-encryption-nopassword.md b/test/data/test-encryption-nopassword.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34671af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/test-encryption-nopassword.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Encryption
+
+This is NOT an encrypted test
+RU5DMCR2SQ/8U0qVD+xGDzmnMy6oAqeGr8h/g31V3E8g6RGPFpO1lnyzsCv2gWba2VhCqaGHk3Hd6iDqWUpYxVmDdUeKnBFxz7Sr7gKteM65cNG9k8thhEav8g19qsIrA80DHk79HULx/EklgDqaJZFebKvDUXODy6Biyaf1XQ0HVO12
+This is NOT an encrypted test again
+
+    Created at: 2024-01-12T07:25:27+00:00
+    Updated at: 2024-01-12T07:27:41+00:00
+
diff --git a/test/yarle-special-cases.spec.ts b/test/yarle-special-cases.spec.ts
index 4bfbdb5d..763763ce 100644
--- a/test/yarle-special-cases.spec.ts
+++ b/test/yarle-special-cases.spec.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,33 @@ dateFormat: undefined,
     );
   });
 
+  it('Encrypted lines in notes - no such password', async () => {
+    const options: YarleOptions = {
+dateFormat: undefined,
+      enexSources: [ `.${path.sep}test${path.sep}data${path.sep}test-encryption.enex` ],
+      outputDir: 'out',
+      outputFormat: OutputFormat.ObsidianMD,
+      convertPlainHtmlNewlines: true,
+      isMetadataNeeded: true,
+      encryptionPasswords: ["wrong_password"]
+    };
+    await yarle.dropTheRope(options);
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-console
+    assert.equal(
+      fs.existsSync(
+        `${__dirname}/../out/notes/test-encryption/Encryption.md`,
+      ),
+      true,
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      eol.auto(fs.readFileSync(
+        `${__dirname}/../out/notes/test-encryption/Encryption.md`,
+        'utf8',
+      )),
+      fs.readFileSync(`${__dirname}/data/test-encryption-nopassword.md`, 'utf8'),
+    );
+  });
   it('Enex file with note containing a picture', async () => {
     const options: YarleOptions = {
 dateFormat: undefined,