diff --git a/_includes/layouts/base.njk b/_includes/layouts/base.njk
index 22ae19a..cb9749a 100644
--- a/_includes/layouts/base.njk
+++ b/_includes/layouts/base.njk
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
         <meta charset="utf-8">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
         <title>nycki.net | {{ title or metadata.title }}</title>
-
-        {% set blurb = content | truncate(240) %}
-        <meta name="description" content="{{ description or blurb or metadata.description }}">
+        <meta name="description" content="{{ description or metadata.description }}">
         <link rel="alternate" href="/blog/feed.xml" type="application/atom+xml" title="{{ metadata.title }}">
         <link rel="alternate" href="/blog/feed.json" type="application/json" title="{{ metadata.title }}">
         <meta name="generator" content="{{ eleventy.generator }}">