diff --git a/material/includes.html b/material/includes.html
index 60c33f2..fda83fd 100644
--- a/material/includes.html
+++ b/material/includes.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <meta property="og:type" content="article" />
   <meta property="og:url" content="{$index_url}?{$link.shorturl}" />
   {$ogDescription=isset($link.description_src) ? $link.description_src : $link.description}
-  <meta property="og:description" content="{function="substr($ogDescription, 0, 300)"}" />
+  <meta property="og:description" content="{function="strip_tags(substr($ogDescription, 0, 300))"}" />
   {if="$link.thumbnail"}
     <meta property="og:image" content="{$index_url}{$link.thumbnail}" />
   {/if}