diff --git a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiMangaParser.kt b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiMangaParser.kt
index 1eebb1a53..770abb387 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiMangaParser.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiMangaParser.kt
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class ApiMangaParser(
                     originalLanguage = mangaAttributesDto.originalLanguage,
                 ).orEmpty()
 
-                description = MdUtil.cleanDescription(
-                    if (altTitlesInDesc) MdUtil.addAltTitleToDesc(rawDesc, altTitles) else rawDesc,
-                )
+                val cleanDesc = MdUtil.cleanDescription(rawDesc)
+
+                description = if (altTitlesInDesc) MdUtil.addAltTitleToDesc(cleanDesc, altTitles) else cleanDesc
 
                 authors = mangaRelationshipsDto.filter { relationshipDto ->
                     relationshipDto.type.equals(MdConstants.Types.author, true)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/utils/MdUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/utils/MdUtil.kt
index dfc0e8b68..a3ce3021c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/utils/MdUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/utils/MdUtil.kt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class MdUtil {
 
         fun cleanDescription(string: String): String {
             return Parser.unescapeEntities(string, false)
-                .substringBefore("---")
+                .substringBefore("\n---")
                 .replace(markdownLinksRegex, "$1")
                 .replace(markdownItalicBoldRegex, "$1")
                 .replace(markdownItalicRegex, "$1")
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class MdUtil {
             } else {
                 val altTitlesDesc = altTitles
                     .joinToString("\n", "${Injekt.get<Application>().getString(R.string.alt_titles)}:\n") { "• $it" }
-                description + (if (description.isBlank()) "" else "\n\n") + altTitlesDesc
+                description + (if (description.isBlank()) "" else "\n\n") + Parser.unescapeEntities(altTitlesDesc, false)
             }
         }
     }