diff --git a/res/layout/feeditemview.xml b/res/layout/feeditemview.xml
index a08628879..7b151d4c2 100644
--- a/res/layout/feeditemview.xml
+++ b/res/layout/feeditemview.xml
@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@
 			android:layout_width="0px"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
 	</LinearLayout>
+	<WebView 
+	    	android:id="@+id/webvDescription"
+	    	android:layout_width="match_parent"
+	    	android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
 </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java b/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
index 36c2e6b32..177bff79d 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.format.DateUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.widget.Button;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class ItemviewActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 	private Button butPlay;
 	private Button butDownload;
 	private Button butRemove;
+	private WebView webvDescription;
 
 	@Override
 	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ public class ItemviewActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 		butPlay = (Button) findViewById(R.id.butPlay);
 		butDownload = (Button) findViewById(R.id.butDownload);
 		butRemove = (Button) findViewById(R.id.butRemove);
-
+		webvDescription = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webvDescription);
 		setTitle(item.getFeed().getTitle());
 
 		txtvPublished.setText(DateUtils.formatSameDayTime(item.getPubDate()
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ public class ItemviewActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 			imgvImage
 					.setImageBitmap(item.getFeed().getImage().getImageBitmap());
 		}
+		webvDescription.loadData(item.getDescription(), "text/html", null);
 	}
 
 	private void getDownloadStatus() {
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
index 573b46501..823614898 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class NSRSS20 extends Namespace {
 				if (second.equals(CHANNEL)) {
 					state.getFeed().setDescription(content);
 				} else if (second.equals(ITEM)) {
-					state.getFeed().setDescription(content);
+					state.getCurrentItem().setDescription(content);
 				}
 			} else if (top.equals(LINK)) {
 				if (second.equals(CHANNEL)) {