diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.js
index 1506306065..932f6e69d2 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.js
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@ module.exports = function convertToJsonProcessor(log, createDocMessage) {
 
           let title = doc.title;
 
-          // We do allow an empty `title` but resort to `name` if it is not even defined
+          // We do allow an empty `title` but if it is `undefined` we resort to `vFile.title` and then `name`
           if (title === undefined) {
-            title = doc.name;
+            title = (doc.vFile && doc.vFile.title);
           }
 
-          // If there is no title then try to extract it from the first h1 in the renderedContent
           if (title === undefined) {
-            const match = /<h1[^>]*>(.+?)<\/h1>/.exec(contents);
-            if (match) {
-              title = match[1];
-            }
+            title = doc.name;
           }
 
           // If there is still no title then log a warning
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.spec.js
index 043267ae10..355097cda0 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/convertToJson.spec.js
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ describe('convertToJson processor', () => {
     expect(log.warn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it('should get the title from the first `h1` if no title nor name is specified', () => {
-    const docs = [{ docType: 'test-doc', renderedContent: '<div><h1 class="title">Some title</h1><article><h1>Article 1</h1></article></div>' }];
+  it('should get the title from the title extracted from the h1 in the rendered content if no title property is specified', () => {
+    const docs = [{
+      docType: 'test-doc',
+      vFile: { title: 'Some title' },
+      renderedContent: '<div><h1 class="title">Some title</h1><article><h1>Article 1</h1></article></div>'
+    }];
     processor.$process(docs);
     expect(JSON.parse(docs[0].renderedContent).contents).toEqual('<div><h1 class="title">Some title</h1><article><h1>Article 1</h1></article></div>');
     expect(JSON.parse(docs[0].renderedContent).title).toEqual('Some title');