diff --git a/rstblog/builder.py b/rstblog/builder.py
index 67ea702..7a7c988 100644
--- a/rstblog/builder.py
+++ b/rstblog/builder.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def render_rst(self, contents):
                               writer_name='html4css1',
                               settings_overrides=settings)
         return {
-            'title':        parts['title'],
+            'title':        Markup(parts['title']).striptags(),
             'html_title':   Markup(parts['html_title']),
             'fragment':     Markup(parts['fragment'])
         }