diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
index b203b795..d4755576 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils.ParseException;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
-import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             newItem.setContent(item.getContent()); // Jsoup.clean(item.getContent(), Whitelist.relaxed())
             newItem.setDescription(item.getDescription());
             newItem.setGuid(item.getGuid());
-            newItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
+            newItem.setTitle(Utils.cleanText(item.getTitle()));
 
             try {
                 newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getDate()));
@@ -117,13 +116,14 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             dbItem.setContent(item.getContent()); // Jsoup.clean(item.getContent(), Whitelist.relaxed())
             dbItem.setDescription(item.getSummary());
             dbItem.setGuid(item.getId());
-            dbItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
+            dbItem.setTitle(Utils.cleanText(item.getTitle()));
 
             try {
                 dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getUpdated()));
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new ParseException();
             }
+
             dbItem.setLink(item.getUrl());
 
             dbItem.setFeedId(feed.getId());
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             dbItem.setContent(item.getContent()); // Jsoup.clean(item.getContent(), Whitelist.relaxed())
             dbItem.setDescription(item.getSummary());
             dbItem.setGuid(item.getId());
-            dbItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
+            dbItem.setTitle(Utils.cleanText(item.getTitle()));
 
             try {
                 dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getPubDate()));
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/Utils.java
index b4a3fc14..7424d6ac 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/Utils.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
 import com.google.android.material.snackbar.Snackbar;
 
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -95,4 +97,13 @@ public final class Utils {
         Snackbar snackbar = Snackbar.make(root, message, Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG);
         snackbar.show();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove html tags and trim the text
+     * @param text string to clean
+     * @return cleaned text
+     */
+    public static String cleanText(String text) {
+        return Jsoup.parse(text).text().trim();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/UtilsTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/UtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a0da2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/UtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.readrops.app;
+
+import com.readrops.app.utils.Utils;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+
+public class UtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void cleanTextTest() {
+        String text = "    <p>This is a text<br/>to</p> clean    ";
+
+        assertEquals("This is a text to clean", Utils.cleanText(text));
+    }
+}