diff --git a/scrape.py b/scrape.py
index 25973e0..a7117ca 100644
--- a/scrape.py
+++ b/scrape.py
@@ -55,20 +55,25 @@ def get_blog():
 
     return blog
 def get_body(post):
-    return (
-        post['title']+
-        "\n"+
-        post['description']+
-        "\n"+
-        post['url']
-    )
+    body = post['title']+"\n"
+
+    if post['description'] != '':
+        body += post['description']+"\n"
+
+    body += post['url']
+
+    return body
 def get_formatted_body(post):
-    return (
-        '<a href="'+post['url']+'">'+
-        '<h5>'+post['title']+'</h5>'+
-        '</a>'+
-        '<p>'+post['description']+'</p>'
-    )
+    formatted_body =  '<a href="'+post['url']+'">'
+    formatted_body += '<h5>'+post['title']+'</h5>'
+    formatted_body += '</a>'
+
+    if post['description'] != '':
+        formatted_body += '<p>'+post['description']+'</p>'
+
+    formatted_body += post['url']
+
+    return formatted_body
 
 
 homeserver = environ['HOMESERVER_URL']