diff --git a/config/feedFilters.js b/config/feedFilters.js
index be1291f0..a412632a 100644
--- a/config/feedFilters.js
+++ b/config/feedFilters.js
@@ -1,29 +1,24 @@
-const markdownIt = require('markdown-it')
-
 const { URL } = require('url')
 const BASE_URL = 'https://coryd.dev'
 
 module.exports = {
   normalizeEntries: (entries) => {
-    // md instance
-    const md = markdownIt({ html: true, linkify: true })
     const posts = []
-
     entries.forEach((entry) => {
       const dateKey = Object.keys(entry).find((key) => key.includes('date'))
       const date = new Date(entry[dateKey])
       let excerpt = ''
 
       // set the entry excerpt
+      if (entry.data?.post_excerpt) excerpt = entry.data.post_excerpt
       if (entry.description) excerpt = entry.description
-      if (entry.data?.post_excerpt) excerpt = md.render(entry.data.post_excerpt)
 
       // if there's a valid entry return a normalized object
       if (entry && !entry.data?.link) {
         posts.push({
           title: entry.data?.title || entry.title,
           url: entry.url.includes('http') ? entry.url : new URL(entry.url, BASE_URL).toString(),
-          content: excerpt,
+          content: entry.description,
           date,
           excerpt,
         })
diff --git a/config/filters.js b/config/filters.js
index 162b942c..9fca1dd9 100644
--- a/config/filters.js
+++ b/config/filters.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const marked = require('marked')
 const sanitizeHTML = require('sanitize-html')
 
 const utmPattern = /[?&](utm_[^&=]+=[^&#]*)/gi
@@ -10,6 +11,9 @@ module.exports = {
   stripIndex: (path) => {
     return path.replace('/index.html', '/')
   },
+  mdToHtml: (content) => {
+    return marked.parse(content)
+  },
   btoa: (string) => {
     return btoa(string)
   },
diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/feeds/json.liquid b/src/_includes/partials/feeds/json.liquid
index 5ef0717b..983deb2c 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/feeds/json.liquid
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/feeds/json.liquid
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
   "items": [{% for entry in entries limit: 20 -%}
     {
     "id": "{{ entry.url | btoa }}",
-    "title": "{{ entry.title }}",
+    "title": "{{ entry.title | escape }}",
     "url": "{{ entry.url }}",
-    "content_text": "{{ entry.title }}{% if tagMap %} {{ entry.url | tagLookup: tagMap }}{% endif %} {{ entry.url }}",
+    "content_text": "{{ entry.title | escape }}{% if tagMap %} {{ entry.url | tagLookup: tagMap }}{% endif %} {{ entry.url }}",
     "date_published": "{{ entry.date | stringToDate | dateToRfc822 }}"
     }{% if not forloop.last %},{% endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/src/_includes/partials/feeds/rss.liquid b/src/_includes/partials/feeds/rss.liquid
index c6558011..b902afc6 100644
--- a/src/_includes/partials/feeds/rss.liquid
+++ b/src/_includes/partials/feeds/rss.liquid
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
     </image>
     {% for entry in entries limit: 20 -%}
       <item>
-        <title>{{ entry.title }}</title>
+        <title>{{ entry.title | escape }}</title>
         <link>{{ entry.url | stripUtm | encodeAmp }}</link>
         <pubDate>{{ entry.date | stringToDate | dateToRfc822 }}</pubDate>
         <guid>{{ entry.url | stripUtm | encodeAmp }}</guid>
-        <description>{{ entry.excerpt }}</description>
+        <description>{{ entry.excerpt | markdown | escape }}</description>
       </item>
     {%- endfor %}
   </channel>