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 }}">
diff --git a/lib/site_template/feed.xml b/lib/site_template/feed.xml
index 022378be..a6628bd8 100644
--- a/lib/site_template/feed.xml
+++ b/lib/site_template/feed.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ layout: null
     <title>{{ site.title | xml_escape }}</title>
     <description>{{ site.description | xml_escape }}</description>
     <link>{{ site.url }}{{ site.baseurl }}/</link>
-    <atom:link href="{{ "/feed.xml" | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+    <atom:link href="{{ "/feed.xml" | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
     <pubDate>{{ site.time | date_to_rfc822 }}</pubDate>
     <lastBuildDate>{{ site.time | date_to_rfc822 }}</lastBuildDate>
     <generator>Jekyll v{{ jekyll.version }}</generator>
