diff --git a/site.moon b/site.moon
index 4c6be51..ef34f81 100644
--- a/site.moon
+++ b/site.moon
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ rend = "renderers.markdown"
 require(rend).cmd = "pandoc --mathjax >"
 
 -- Replace the default markdown renderer with our custom renderer
+-- TODO we shouldn't remove it because it is still searched for in some places
+-- example https://github.com/leafo/sitegen/blob/ac9b7c199ed7adb32064b056a438cbaed8c71d23/sitegen/renderers/html.moon#L53
 Site.default_renderers = for v in *Site.default_renderers
   if v\find "markdown" then rend else v
 
@@ -92,13 +94,15 @@ sitegen.create =>
 
     html.build ->
       import section, h3, time, a from tag
+      md = @site\get_renderer "renderers.markdown"
 
       return for post in *posts
         {:title, :blurb, :id, publish_date: {iso, pretty}} = post.meta
         url = rootname post\url_for!
-        md = post.site\get_renderer "renderers.markdown"
-        blurb = md\render @, blurb if blurb
-        if blurb then blurb = html.builders.raw! blurb
+
+        if blurb
+          blurb = raw md\render @, blurb
+          blurb.text = unpack [v for v in blurb.text\gmatch "<p>(.-)</p>"]
 
         section {
           h3 { a { title or titleize_slug(id), href: url }}