diff --git a/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html b/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
index a463e42c..c0d0cdef 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
+++ b/src/templates/src/include/timeline_item.html
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 	{{/* content */}}
 
 	{{ if .Description }}
-		<div class="mt3 overflow-hidden relative pre-line {{ if .TruncateDescription }}mh-5{{ end }}">
-			<div class="post-content">{{ .Description }}</div>
+		<div class="mt3 overflow-hidden relative {{ if .TruncateDescription }}mh-5{{ end }}">
+			<div class="post-content pre-line">{{ trim .Description }}</div>
 			{{ if .TruncateDescription }}
 				<div class="excerpt-fade absolute w-100 h4 bottom-0 z-999"></div>
 			{{ end }}
diff --git a/src/templates/templates.go b/src/templates/templates.go
index f0499a85..6cca05a9 100644
--- a/src/templates/templates.go
+++ b/src/templates/templates.go
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ var HMNTemplateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	"cleancontrolchars": func(str template.HTML) template.HTML {
 		return template.HTML(controlCharRegex.ReplaceAllString(string(str), ""))
 	},
+	"trim": func(str template.HTML) template.HTML {
+		return template.HTML(strings.TrimSpace(string(str)))
+	},
 
 	// NOTE(asaf): Template specific functions:
 	"projectcarddata": func(project Project, classes string) ProjectCardData {