diff --git a/app/models/open_source_project.rb b/app/models/open_source_project.rb
index e3556ce55..2de5966bb 100644
--- a/app/models/open_source_project.rb
+++ b/app/models/open_source_project.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class OpenSourceProject < ActiveRecord::Base
   # end
 
   def short_description(length = 255)
-    description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
+    #description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
+    description.gsub(/<\/?.*?>/,"").html_safe if description
   end
 
   def applied_by?(user)
diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 5efaf10ab..4bd1f2774 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Returns a short description of the projects (first lines)
   def short_description(length = 255)
-    description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
+    #description.gsub(/^(.{#{length}}[^\n\r]*).*$/m, '\1...').strip if description
+    description.gsub(/<\/?.*?>/,"").html_safe if description
   end
 
   def css_classes
diff --git a/app/views/users/_course_form.html.erb b/app/views/users/_course_form.html.erb
index f5cada9a8..4d9c58392 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_course_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_course_form.html.erb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                   <tr>
                     <td colspan="2" width="580">
                       <p class="font_description">
-                        <%= membership.course.description %>
+                        <%= membership.course.short_description %>
                       </p></td>
                   </tr>
                   <tr>
diff --git a/app/views/users/user_projects.html.erb b/app/views/users/user_projects.html.erb
index e16700cd1..66ddcaae2 100644
--- a/app/views/users/user_projects.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/user_projects.html.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 					<tr>
 						<td colspan="2" width="580" >
 						<p class="font_description">
-							<%= membership.project.description%>
+							<%= membership.project.short_description%>
 						</p></td>
 					</tr>
 					<tr>