diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser.rb b/lib/openscap_parser.rb
index c31c690..f94ea65 100644
--- a/lib/openscap_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'openscap_parser/profiles'
 require 'openscap_parser/rule'
 require 'openscap_parser/rule_result'
+require 'openscap_parser/rule_results'
 require 'openscap_parser/rules'
 require 'openscap_parser/version'
 require 'openscap_parser/xml_report'
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class Base
     include OpenscapParser::XMLReport
     include OpenscapParser::Profiles
     include OpenscapParser::Rules
+    include OpenscapParser::RuleResults
 
     def initialize(report)
       report_xml(report)
@@ -32,14 +34,5 @@ def start_time
     def end_time
       @end_time ||= DateTime.parse(test_result_node['end-time'])
     end
-
-    def rule_results
-      @rule_results ||= test_result_node.search('rule-result').map do |rr|
-	rule_result_oscap = RuleResult.new
-	rule_result_oscap.id = rr.attributes['idref'].value
-	rule_result_oscap.result = rr.search('result').first.text
-	rule_result_oscap
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser/profiles.rb b/lib/openscap_parser/profiles.rb
index fffefd0..9cc2327 100644
--- a/lib/openscap_parser/profiles.rb
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser/profiles.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'openscap_parser/test_result'
 
 module OpenscapParser
   # Methods related to saving profiles and finding which hosts
   # they belong to
   module Profiles
+    include TestResult
+
     def self.included(base)
       base.class_eval do
         def profiles
@@ -18,10 +21,6 @@ def profile_node
           @report_xml.at_xpath(".//Profile\
                              [contains('#{test_result_node['id']}', @id)]")
         end
-
-        def test_result_node
-          @test_result_node ||= @report_xml.at_css('TestResult')
-        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser/rule.rb b/lib/openscap_parser/rule.rb
index e21d130..fa0d4ab 100644
--- a/lib/openscap_parser/rule.rb
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser/rule.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ def title
     end
 
     def description
-      @description ||= @rule_xml.at_css('description').text.delete("\n")
+      rule_node ||= @rule_xml.at_css('description')
+      @description ||= newline_to_whitespace(rule_node.text) if rule_node && rule_node.text
     end
 
     def rationale
-      @rationale ||= @rule_xml.at_css('rationale').children.text.delete("\n")
+      rationale_node ||= @rule_xml.at_css('rationale')
+      @rationale ||= newline_to_whitespace(rationale_node.children.text) if rationale_node &&
+        rationale_node.children &&
+        rationale_node.children.text
     end
 
     def references
@@ -35,10 +39,15 @@ def references
 
     def identifier
       @identifier ||= {
-        label: @rule_xml.at_css('ident')&.text,
+        label: @rule_xml.at_css('ident') && @rule_xml.at_css('ident').text,
         system: (ident = @rule_xml.at_css('ident')) && ident['system']
       }
     end
+
+    private
+
+    def newline_to_whitespace(string)
+      string.gsub(/ *\n+/, " ").strip
+    end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser/rule_results.rb b/lib/openscap_parser/rule_results.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0f467a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser/rule_results.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require 'openscap_parser/test_result'
+
+module OpenscapParser
+  module RuleResults
+    include TestResult
+
+    def self.included(base)
+      base.class_eval do
+        def rule_results
+          @rule_results ||= test_result_node.search('rule-result').map do |rr|
+            rule_result_oscap = RuleResult.new
+            rule_result_oscap.id = rr.attributes['idref'].value
+            rule_result_oscap.result = rr.search('result').first.text
+            rule_result_oscap
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/openscap_parser/test_result.rb b/lib/openscap_parser/test_result.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ab1ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/openscap_parser/test_result.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module OpenscapParser
+  module TestResult
+    def self.included(base)
+      base.class_eval do
+        private
+
+        def test_result_node
+          @test_result_node ||= @report_xml.at_css('TestResult')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/openscap_parser.gemspec b/openscap_parser.gemspec
index c9173b4..4ecf4c6 100644
--- a/openscap_parser.gemspec
+++ b/openscap_parser.gemspec
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "shoulda-context"
   spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "pry-byebug"
 end
diff --git a/test/openscap_parser_test.rb b/test/openscap_parser_test.rb
index 97be664..a75516b 100644
--- a/test/openscap_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/openscap_parser_test.rb
@@ -69,5 +69,23 @@ def setup
 
       assert_equal references, rule.references
     end
+
+    should 'parse rule description without newlines' do
+      rule = @report_parser.rule_objects.find do |rule_obj|
+        rule_obj.id == 'xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_atd_disabled'
+      end
+
+      desc = <<~DESC.gsub("\n", ' ').strip
+        The at and batch commands can be used to
+        schedule tasks that are meant to be executed only once. This allows delayed
+        execution in a manner similar to cron, except that it is not
+        recurring. The daemon atd keeps track of tasks scheduled via
+        at and batch, and executes them at the specified time.
+        The atd service can be disabled with the following command:
+        $ sudo systemctl disable atd.service
+      DESC
+
+      assert_equal desc, rule.description
+    end
   end
 end