diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 60f4104..95d0515 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* Todo [8/15]
+* Todo [9/17]
 - [X] switch to creation dates
 - [X] hide drafts in categories, but compile them anyway
 - [X] better rss feed (automatic items based on dates, changelog)
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 - [ ] search bar prettier
 - [ ] imply all_sites without -s
 - [ ] next_prev for first page float broken
-- [ ] tidy html in RSS feed for compression
+- [X] tidy html in RSS feed for compression
+- [ ] fork nanoc, move site config there
diff --git a/lib/rss.rb b/lib/rss.rb
index 34c1516..dc4ac04 100644
--- a/lib/rss.rb
+++ b/lib/rss.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def rss_feed
       i.title = "#{item[:title]}"
       i.link = "#{@site.url}" + item.path
       i.date = item[:date].to_time
-      i.description = item.compiled_content
+      i.description = tidy item.compiled_content
     end
 
     # mod date is newest article / entry in log
diff --git a/lib/tidy.rb b/lib/tidy.rb
index dc51663..982ce3c 100644
--- a/lib/tidy.rb
+++ b/lib/tidy.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ require 'tidy_ffi'
 class TidyFilter < Nanoc::Filter
   identifier :tidy
   def run(content, params={})
-    TidyFFI::Tidy.new(content,
-                      :wrap => 80,
-                      :tidy_mark => false,
-                      :indent => 1,
-                      :char_encoding => "utf8",
-                      :hide_comments => true,
-                      ).clean
+    tidy content
   end
 end 
+
+def tidy text
+  TidyFFI::Tidy.new(text,
+                    :wrap => 80,
+                    :tidy_mark => false,
+                    :indent => 1,
+                    :char_encoding => "utf8",
+                    :hide_comments => true,
+                    :show_body_only => "auto"
+                    ).clean
+end