diff --git a/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
index 6d18668b08..9d0efa7e10 100644
--- a/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     = image_tag @instance_presenter.thumbnail&.file&.url(:'@1x') || asset_pack_path('media/images/preview.png'), alt: @instance_presenter.title
 
   .hero-widget__text
-    %p= @instance_presenter.description.html_safe.presence || t('about.about_mastodon_html')
+    %p= @instance_presenter.description.presence || t('about.about_mastodon_html')
 
 - if Setting.trends && !(user_signed_in? && !current_user.setting_trends)
   - trends = Trends.tags.query.allowed.limit(3)
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_og.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_og.html.haml
index 2941b566e0..a5d99ae33a 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_og.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_og.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - thumbnail     = @instance_presenter.thumbnail
-- description ||= strip_tags(@instance_presenter.description.presence || t('about.about_mastodon_html'))
+- description ||= @instance_presenter.description.presence || strip_tags(t('about.about_mastodon_html'))
 
 %meta{ name: 'description', content: description }/