diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell.swift
index 55de1361..976485f9 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Explore/TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell.swift
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import UIKit
 import Pachyderm
 import WebURLFoundationExtras
+import SwiftSoup
 
 class TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {
     
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class TrendingLinkCardCollectionViewCell: UICollectionViewCell {
         let provider = card.providerName!.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         providerLabel.text = provider
         
-        let description = card.description.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let description = try! SwiftSoup.parseBodyFragment(card.description).text()
         descriptionLabel.text = description
         descriptionLabel.isHidden = description.isEmpty
         
diff --git a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCardView.swift b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCardView.swift
index a4c89106..dd354ba4 100644
--- a/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCardView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Views/Status/StatusCardView.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import UIKit
 import Pachyderm
 import SafariServices
 import WebURLFoundationExtras
+import SwiftSoup
 
 class StatusCardView: UIView {
     
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class StatusCardView: UIView {
         titleLabel.text = title
         titleLabel.isHidden = title.isEmpty
         
-        let description = card.description.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        let description = try! SwiftSoup.parseBodyFragment(card.description).text()
         descriptionLabel.text = description
         descriptionLabel.isHidden = description.isEmpty