diff --git a/temp_index.py b/temp_index.py
index 52a1e5a..95c96ab 100644
--- a/temp_index.py
+++ b/temp_index.py
@@ -13,6 +13,33 @@ from reportlab.platypus import PageBreak, Paragraph, SimpleDocTemplate, Spacer
 
 CWD = Path().resolve()
 
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
+from io import StringIO
+
+
+class MLStripper(HTMLParser):
+    """https://stackoverflow.com/a/925630"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.reset()
+        self.strict = False
+        self.convert_charrefs = True
+        self.text = StringIO()
+
+    def handle_data(self, d):
+        self.text.write(d)
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        return self.text.getvalue()
+
+
+def strip_tags(html):
+    """HTML stripper."""
+    s = MLStripper()
+    s.feed(html)
+    return s.get_data()
+
 
 def make_cards(filepath, db_path, side_a, side_b):
     """The main entrypoint for card generation."""
@@ -26,13 +53,13 @@ def make_cards(filepath, db_path, side_a, side_b):
 def select_fields(fields, content, styles, book):
     if "title" in fields:
         tag = "<font size=12>{}</font>".format(book.title)
-        ptitle = Paragraph(tag, styles["Italic"])
+        ptitle = Paragraph(strip_tags(tag), styles["Italic"])
         content.append(ptitle)
         content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
 
     if "timestamp" in fields:
         tag = "<font size=10>Timestamp: {}</font>".format(book.timestamp)
-        ptime = Paragraph(tag, styles["Normal"])
+        ptime = Paragraph(strip_tags(tag), styles["Normal"])
         content.append(ptime)
         content.append(Spacer(1, 12))
 
@@ -44,7 +71,7 @@ def select_fields(fields, content, styles, book):
             ]
         )
         tag = "<font size=10>{}</font>".format(comments)
-        pcomments = Paragraph(tag)
+        pcomments = Paragraph(strip_tags(tag))
         content.append(pcomments)
 
     if "authors" in fields:
@@ -52,7 +79,7 @@ def select_fields(fields, content, styles, book):
         all_authors = [author.name for author in book.authors]
         glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_authors))
 
-        p = Paragraph(glued_together, styles["Normal"])
+        p = Paragraph(strip_tags(glued_together), styles["Normal"])
         content.append(p)
         content.append(Spacer(6, 12))
 
@@ -61,7 +88,7 @@ def select_fields(fields, content, styles, book):
         all_tags = [tag.name for tag in book.tags]
         tags_glued_together = format_string.format(", ".join(all_tags))
 
-        p = Paragraph(tags_glued_together, styles["Normal"])
+        p = Paragraph(strip_tags(tags_glued_together), styles["Normal"])
         content.append(p)
         content.append(Spacer(6, 12))