diff --git a/entries/models.py b/entries/models.py
index 876b017..cf1e127 100644
--- a/entries/models.py
+++ b/entries/models.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from model_utils.models import TimeStampedModel
 from users.models import Profile
 
 from . import kinds
-from lemoncurry import requests
+from lemoncurry import requests, utils
 ENTRY_KINDS = [(k.id, k.id) for k in kinds.all]
 
 
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ class Entry(ModelMeta, TimeStampedModel):
     def title(self):
         if self.name:
             return self.name
-        return shorten(self.paragraphs[0], width=100, placeholder='…')
+        return shorten(utils.to_plain(self.paragraphs[0]), width=100, placeholder='…')
 
     @property
     def excerpt(self):
         try:
-            return self.paragraphs[0 if self.name else 1]
+            return utils.to_plain(self.paragraphs[0 if self.name else 1])
         except IndexError:
             return ' '
 
diff --git a/lemoncurry/utils.py b/lemoncurry/utils.py
index 6fc0be4..5c122b9 100644
--- a/lemoncurry/utils.py
+++ b/lemoncurry/utils.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
+import html
 import json
 from accept_types import get_best_match
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpResponse, JsonResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseBadRequest
+from django.utils.html import strip_tags
 from os.path import join
 from shorturls import default_converter as converter
 from shorturls.templatetags.shorturl import ShortURL
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
 
+from .templatetags.markdown import markdown
+
 cache = SimpleNamespace(package_json=None)
 
 
@@ -63,3 +67,7 @@ def bad_req(message):
 
 def forbid(message):
     return HttpResponseForbidden(message, content_type='text/plain')
+
+
+def to_plain(md):
+    return html.unescape(strip_tags(markdown(md)))
diff --git a/users/models.py b/users/models.py
index e49d15d..49caeff 100644
--- a/users/models.py
+++ b/users/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.contrib.sites.models import Site as DjangoSite
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from meta.models import ModelMeta
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
+from lemoncurry import utils
 
 
 def avatar_path(instance, name):
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ class User(ModelMeta, AbstractUser):
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return self.url
 
+    @property
+    def description(self):
+        return utils.to_plain(self.note)
+
     @property
     def avatar_url(self):
         return self.avatar.url
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ class User(ModelMeta, AbstractUser):
 
     _metadata = {
         'image': 'avatar_url',
-        'description': 'note',
+        'description': 'description',
         'og_type': 'profile',
         'og_profile_id': 'facebook_id',
         'twitter_creator': 'twitter_username',