diff --git a/e107_plugins/download/handlers/download_class.php b/e107_plugins/download/handlers/download_class.php
index 111114468..3c56c65ba 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/download/handlers/download_class.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/download/handlers/download_class.php
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class download
 
 		$metaImage                      = $tp->thumbUrl($row['download_image'], array('w'=>500), null, true);
 		$metaDescription                = $tp->toHTML($row['download_description'],true);
-		$metaDescription 				= trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $metaDescription)); // remove line-breaks
+		$metaDescription 				= preg_replace('/\v(?:[\v\h]+)/', '', $metaDescription); // remove all line-breaks and excess whitespace
 		$metaDescription 				= $tp->text_truncate($metaDescription, 290); // + '...'
 
 		e107::meta('description',       $tp->toText($metaDescription));