diff --git a/.feed.xml.swp b/.feed.xml.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4925f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/.feed.xml.swp differ
diff --git a/lib/PostText.pm b/lib/PostText.pm
index 8ec277f..6b38cfc 100644
--- a/lib/PostText.pm
+++ b/lib/PostText.pm
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ sub startup($self) {
     });
 
     $self->helper(hr => sub ($c) {
-        state $hr = HTML::Restrict->new(strip_enclosed_content => [])
+        state $hr = HTML::Restrict->new(
+            filter_text            => 0,
+            strip_enclosed_content => []
+            )
     });
 
     $self->helper(thread => sub ($c) {
diff --git a/lib/PostText/Controller/Thread.pm b/lib/PostText/Controller/Thread.pm
index b9b1087..f913097 100644
--- a/lib/PostText/Controller/Thread.pm
+++ b/lib/PostText/Controller/Thread.pm
@@ -105,15 +105,16 @@ sub feed($self) {
         );
 
     for my $thread (@{$threads}) {
-        my $item_link =
-            $self->url_for(
-                single_thread => {thread_id => $thread->{'id'}}
-                )->to_abs;
+        my $description =
+            $self->markdown($self->truncate_text($thread->{'body'}));
+        my $item_link   = $self->url_for(
+            single_thread => {thread_id => $thread->{'id'}}
+            )->to_abs;
 
         $rss->add_item(
             title       => $thread->{'title'},
             link        => $item_link,
-            description => $self->truncate_text($thread->{'body'}),
+            description => $description,
             author      => $thread->{'author'},
             guid        => $thread->{'id'},
             pubDate     => $thread->{'date'}