diff --git a/lib/site_template/_includes/head.html b/lib/site_template/_includes/head.html
index 93215faf..c05791e2 100644
--- a/lib/site_template/_includes/head.html
+++ b/lib/site_template/_includes/head.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width initial-scale=1" />
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width initial-scale=1">
 
   <title>{% if page.title %}{{ page.title }}{% else %}{{ site.title }}{% endif %}</title>
-  <meta name="description" content="{% if page.excerpt %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | truncate: 160 }}{% else %}{{ site.description }}{% endif %}" />
+  <meta name="description" content="{% if page.excerpt %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 160 }}{% else %}{{ site.description }}{% endif %}">
 
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ "/css/main.css" | prepend: site.baseurl }}">
   <link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}">
