diff --git a/templates/blog/index.html b/templates/blog/index.html
index 41a007a..084341d 100644
--- a/templates/blog/index.html
+++ b/templates/blog/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %} {% block meta %}
 
 {% set title = "Posts" %}
-{% set description = title  %}
+{% set description = "The Hostea Blog: we write about Gitea, Free Software and the general forge ecosystem" %}
 {{ macros::get_meta_tags(title=title, description=description) }}
 
 {% endblock meta %} {% block content %}
diff --git a/templates/blog/post.html b/templates/blog/post.html
index 8bff152..bffee5e 100644
--- a/templates/blog/post.html
+++ b/templates/blog/post.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %} {% block meta %}
 
-{% set description = page.title %}
+{% set description = page.description %}
 {{ macros::get_meta_tags(title=page.title, description=description) }}
 
 {% endblock meta %} {% block content %}