diff --git a/src/all/mangabox/build.gradle b/src/all/mangabox/build.gradle
index f22e942e3..5fc6da646 100644
--- a/src/all/mangabox/build.gradle
+++ b/src/all/mangabox/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     appName = 'Tachiyomi: MangaBox (Mangakakalot and others)'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'all.mangabox'
     extClass = '.MangaBoxFactory'
-    extVersionCode = 9
+    extVersionCode = 10
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/all/mangabox/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangabox/MangaBox.kt b/src/all/mangabox/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangabox/MangaBox.kt
index ce8444283..1368784e8 100644
--- a/src/all/mangabox/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangabox/MangaBox.kt
+++ b/src/all/mangabox/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/mangabox/MangaBox.kt
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ abstract class MangaBox (
                     infoElement.select("td:containsOwn(genres) + td a").joinToString { it.text() }
                 }
             }
-            description = document.select(descriptionSelector)?.first()?.ownText()?.replace("\\<br\\>", "\n")?.replace("\\<.*?\\>", "")?.replace("^$title summary\\:", "")
+            description = document.select(descriptionSelector)?.first()?.ownText()
+                ?.replace("""^$title summary:\s""".toRegex(), "")
+                ?.replace("""<\s*br\s*\/?>""".toRegex(), "\n")
+                ?.replace("<[^>]*>".toRegex(), "")
             thumbnail_url = document.select(thumbnailSelector).attr("abs:src")
         }
     }