diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/surveys/SurveyAppearance.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/surveys/SurveyAppearance.tsx
index b964554d61360..5f90af5447c65 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/surveys/SurveyAppearance.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/surveys/SurveyAppearance.tsx
@@ -490,8 +490,10 @@ export function SurveyRatingAppearance({
                         </button>
                     </div>
                 )}
-                <div className="survey-question">{question}</div>
-                {description && <div className="description">{description}</div>}
+                <div className="survey-question" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(question) }} />
+                {description && (
+                    <div className="description" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(description) }} />
+                )}
                 <div className="rating-section">
                     <div className="rating-options">
                         {ratingSurveyQuestion.display === 'emoji' && (
@@ -588,8 +590,10 @@ export function SurveyMultipleChoiceAppearance({
                         </button>
                     </div>
                 )}
-                <div className="survey-question">{question}</div>
-                {description && <div className="description">{description}</div>}
+                <div className="survey-question" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(question) }} />
+                {description && (
+                    <div className="description" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(description) }} />
+                )}
                 <div className="multiple-choice-options">
                     {(multipleChoiceQuestion.choices || []).map((choice, idx) => (
                         <div className="choice-option" key={idx}>
diff --git a/posthog/api/survey.py b/posthog/api/survey.py
index 81523782a86a2..1ef6dc1addc2d 100644
--- a/posthog/api/survey.py
+++ b/posthog/api/survey.py
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ def validate_appearance(self, value):
 
         thank_you_message = value.get("thankYouMessageHeader")
         if thank_you_message and nh3.is_html(thank_you_message):
-            value["thankYouMessageHeader"] = nh3.clean(thank_you_message)
+            value["thankYouMessageHeader"] = nh3_clean_with_whitelist(thank_you_message)
 
         thank_you_description = value.get("thankYouMessageDescription")
         if thank_you_description and nh3.is_html(thank_you_description):
-            value["thankYouMessageDescription"] = nh3.clean(thank_you_description)
+            value["thankYouMessageDescription"] = nh3_clean_with_whitelist(thank_you_description)
 
         return value
 
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ def validate_questions(self, value):
 
             description = raw_question.get("description")
             if nh3.is_html(question_text):
-                cleaned_question["question"] = nh3.clean(question_text)
+                cleaned_question["question"] = nh3_clean_with_whitelist(question_text)
             if description and nh3.is_html(description):
-                cleaned_question["description"] = nh3.clean(description)
+                cleaned_question["description"] = nh3_clean_with_whitelist(description)
 
             cleaned_questions.append(cleaned_question)
 
@@ -342,3 +342,142 @@ def surveys(request: Request):
     ).data
 
     return cors_response(request, JsonResponse({"surveys": surveys}))
+
+
+def nh3_clean_with_whitelist(to_clean: str):
+
+    return nh3.clean(
+        to_clean,
+        link_rel="noopener",
+        tags={
+            "a",
+            "abbr",
+            "acronym",
+            "area",
+            "article",
+            "aside",
+            "b",
+            "bdi",
+            "bdo",
+            "blockquote",
+            "br",
+            "caption",
+            "center",
+            "cite",
+            "code",
+            "col",
+            "colgroup",
+            "data",
+            "dd",
+            "del",
+            "details",
+            "dfn",
+            "div",
+            "dl",
+            "dt",
+            "em",
+            "figcaption",
+            "figure",
+            "footer",
+            "h1",
+            "h2",
+            "h3",
+            "h4",
+            "h5",
+            "h6",
+            "header",
+            "hgroup",
+            "hr",
+            "i",
+            "img",
+            "ins",
+            "kbd",
+            "kbd",
+            "li",
+            "map",
+            "mark",
+            "nav",
+            "ol",
+            "p",
+            "pre",
+            "q",
+            "rp",
+            "rt",
+            "rtc",
+            "ruby",
+            "s",
+            "samp",
+            "small",
+            "span",
+            "strike",
+            "strong",
+            "sub",
+            "summary",
+            "sup",
+            "table",
+            "tbody",
+            "td",
+            "th",
+            "thead",
+            "time",
+            "tr",
+            "tt",
+            "u",
+            "ul",
+            "var",
+            "wbr",
+        },
+        attributes={
+            "*": {"style", "lang", "title", "width", "height"},
+            # below are mostly defaults to ammonia, but we need to add them explicitly
+            # because this python binding doesn't allow additive whitelisting
+            "a": {"href", "hreflang"},
+            "bdo": {"dir"},
+            "blockquote": {"cite"},
+            "col": {"align", "char", "charoff", "span"},
+            "colgroup": {"align", "char", "charoff", "span"},
+            "del": {"cite", "datetime"},
+            "hr": {"align", "size", "width"},
+            "img": {"align", "alt", "height", "src", "width"},
+            "ins": {"cite", "datetime"},
+            "ol": {"start", "type"},
+            "q": {"cite"},
+            "table": {"align", "bgcolor", "border", "cellpadding", "cellspacing", "frame", "rules", "summary", "width"},
+            "tbody": {"align", "char", "charoff", "valign"},
+            "td": {
+                "abbr",
+                "align",
+                "axis",
+                "bgcolor",
+                "char",
+                "charoff",
+                "colspan",
+                "headers",
+                "height",
+                "nowrap",
+                "rowspan",
+                "scope",
+                "valign",
+                "width",
+            },
+            "tfoot": {"align", "char", "charoff", "valign"},
+            "th": {
+                "abbr",
+                "align",
+                "axis",
+                "bgcolor",
+                "char",
+                "charoff",
+                "colspan",
+                "headers",
+                "height",
+                "nowrap",
+                "rowspan",
+                "scope",
+                "valign",
+                "width",
+            },
+            "thead": {"align", "char", "charoff", "valign"},
+            "tr": {"align", "bgcolor", "char", "charoff", "valign"},
+        },
+    )
diff --git a/posthog/api/test/test_survey.py b/posthog/api/test/test_survey.py
index 4225d33a27c16..e9bee0ecb1117 100644
--- a/posthog/api/test/test_survey.py
+++ b/posthog/api/test/test_survey.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from unittest.mock import ANY
+import pytest
 
 from rest_framework import status
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.test.client import Client
+from posthog.api.survey import nh3_clean_with_whitelist
 
 from posthog.models.feedback.survey import Survey
 from posthog.test.base import (
@@ -1069,3 +1071,33 @@ def test_responses_count_zero_responses(self):
 
         data = response.json()
         self.assertEqual(data, {})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "test_input,expected",
+    [
+        (
+            """
+        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
+                <div style="flex: 1;">
+                    <img src="https://www.gardenhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hedgehog_octobergardeningjobs-768x768.webp" alt="Your Image" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;   opacity: 1;">
+                </div>
+                <div style="flex: 3; padding:10px;">
+                    <p>Help us stay sharp.</p>
+        </div>
+      """,
+            """
+        <div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
+                <div style="flex: 1;">
+                    <img src="https://www.gardenhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/hedgehog_octobergardeningjobs-768x768.webp" alt="Your Image" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;   opacity: 1;">
+                </div>
+                <div style="flex: 3; padding:10px;">
+                    <p>Help us stay sharp.</p>
+                </div>
+        </div>""",
+        ),
+        (""" """, """ """),
+    ],
+)
+def test_nh3_clean_configuration(test_input, expected):
+    assert nh3_clean_with_whitelist(test_input).replace(" ", "") == expected.replace(" ", "")