diff --git a/blogthon.cgi b/blogthon.cgi
index 1530c29..855302a 100755
--- a/blogthon.cgi
+++ b/blogthon.cgi
@@ -263,14 +263,14 @@ elif feed_display == "rss":
 		print '            <link>' + blog_url + '?p=' + title + '</link>'
 		print '            <guid>' + title_md5sum + '</guid>'
 		print '            <pubDate>' + date + '</pubDate>'
-		print '            <description>'
 		content = open(str(entries[i][1]), 'r')
+		rss_description= ''
 		for h in xrange(0, int(feed_preview)):
-			rss_line = content.readline().strip()
-			if rss_line != '':
-				print '             ' + rss_line
+			line = content.readline().strip()
+			if line:
+				rss_description = rss_description + line + '<br />'
 		content.close()
-		print '            </description>'
+		print '            <description><![CDATA[' + rss_description + ']]></description>'
 		print '        </item>'
 	print '    </channel>'
 	print '</rss>'