diff --git a/src/organisms/snippetCard/blogSnippetCard/_index.scss b/src/organisms/snippetCard/blogSnippetCard/_index.scss
index 55b2e43f6..8704825e5 100644
--- a/src/organisms/snippetCard/blogSnippetCard/_index.scss
+++ b/src/organisms/snippetCard/blogSnippetCard/_index.scss
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         line-height: 1.5rem;
         text-align: right;
       }
+
+      p:not(:first-child) {
+        line-height: 2;
+      }
     }
 
     .blog-list-item {
diff --git a/src/templates/snippetPage/index.jsx b/src/templates/snippetPage/index.jsx
index 5a6889d52..79d88d17f 100644
--- a/src/templates/snippetPage/index.jsx
+++ b/src/templates/snippetPage/index.jsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const templateData = {
   pageType: 'snippet',
 };
 // TODO: Handle blog post descriptions properly.
-const determineDescription = snippet =>
-  (!snippet.language || !snippet.language.long) ? '' :
+const determineDescription = (snippet, cardTemplate) =>
+  (cardTemplate === 'blog') ? snippet.description :
     _l`site.pageDescription${{...templateData, snippetName: snippet.title, snippetLanguage: snippet.language.long }}`;
 
 const SnippetPage = ({
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const SnippetPage = ({
     <>
       <Meta
         title={ snippet.title }
-        description={ determineDescription(snippet) }
+        description={ determineDescription(snippet, cardTemplate) }
         logoSrc={ cardTemplate === 'blog' ? snippet.cover.src : splashLogoSrc }
         structuredData={ {
           title: snippet.title,