diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb775f1..f2dccf8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Mesh Bot is a feature-rich Python bot designed to enhance your [Meshtastic](http
 
 * [Getting Started](#getting-started)
 
-
 ![Example Use](etc/pong-bot.jpg "Example Use")
+
 #### TLDR
 * [install.sh](INSTALL.md)
 * [Configuration Guide](modules/README.md)
diff --git a/modules/rss.py b/modules/rss.py
index a2a3cf3..a9a315c 100644
--- a/modules/rss.py
+++ b/modules/rss.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import urllib.request
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import html
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup  # Add this import
 
 class MLStripper(HTMLParser):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -16,9 +17,12 @@ class MLStripper(HTMLParser):
         return ''.join(self.fed)
 
 def strip_tags(html_text):
-    s = MLStripper()
-    s.feed(html_text)
-    return s.get_data()
+    # use BeautifulSoup to strip HTML tags
+    if not html_text:
+        return ""
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_text, "html.parser")
+    text = soup.get_text(separator=" ", strip=True)
+    return ' '.join(text.split())
 
 RSS_FEED_URLS = rssFeedURL
 RSS_FEED_NAMES = rssFeedNames