diff --git a/boards/models/source.py b/boards/models/source.py
--- a/boards/models/source.py
+++ b/boards/models/source.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.db import models, transactio
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
 from django.utils.timezone import utc
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.html import strip_tags
 
 from boards.models import Post
 from boards.models.post import TITLE_MAX_LENGTH
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class ThreadSource(models.Model):
                         if timestamp > last_timestamp:
                             last_timestamp = timestamp
                         if timestamp > start_timestamp:
-                            Post.objects.create_post(title=title, text=item.description,
+                            Post.objects.create_post(title=title, text=self.parse_text(item.description),
                                     thread=self.thread, file_urls=[item.link], tripcode=tripcode)
                             logger.info('Fetched item {} from {} into thread {}'.format(
                                 title, self.name, self.thread))
@@ -72,3 +73,5 @@ class ThreadSource(models.Model):
             self.timestamp = last_timestamp
             self.save(update_fields=['timestamp'])
 
+    def parse_text(self, text):
+        return strip_tags(text)