diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a619fafeb0a..cc146022efc 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     $preferred_width_right = bounded_number(BLOCK_R_MIN_WIDTH, blocks_preferred_width($pageblocks[BLOCK_POS_RIGHT]),
                                             BLOCK_R_MAX_WIDTH);
     print_header($SITE->fullname, $SITE->fullname, 'home', '',
-                 '<meta name="description" content="'. s(strip_tags($SITE->summary)) .'" />',
+                 '<meta name="description" content="'. strip_tags(format_text($SITE->summary, FORMAT_HTML)) .'" />',
                  true, '', user_login_string($SITE).$langmenu);
 
 ?>