diff --git a/_layouts/paginated_left_col.html b/_layouts/paginated_left_col.html
index 49396d69eac4f3e34166a16c4f39170ff3e8b0c9..b28f5d73d6b4dc0dfac329d25aed65df77c553c7 100644
--- a/_layouts/paginated_left_col.html
+++ b/_layouts/paginated_left_col.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ layout: default
           <span class="post-date">Published on: {{ post.date | date: '%B %d, %Y' }}</span>
 
           <div class="content">
-            {{ post.content | truncate: 220 }}
+            {{ post.content | strip_html | truncatewords: 52 }}
           </div>
         </div>
         {% endfor %}
diff --git a/elixir-theme.gemspec b/elixir-theme.gemspec
index 687f7562da76eb776acbe38126758a5de4e6c82e..a181db5beed90141fe9b047c7ea4e87463a0d072 100644
--- a/elixir-theme.gemspec
+++ b/elixir-theme.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = "jekyll-elixir-theme"
-  spec.version       = "0.9.24"
+  spec.version       = "0.9.25"
   spec.authors       = ["jacek.lebioda"]
   spec.email         = ["jacek.lebioda@uni.lu"]