diff --git a/js/scorm/wrapper.js b/js/scorm/wrapper.js
index 0d154d7..3d51b9d 100644
--- a/js/scorm/wrapper.js
+++ b/js/scorm/wrapper.js
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ class ScormWrapper {
     }
     if (description) {
       const maxLength = 250;
+      // strip HTML
+      description = $(`<p>${description}</p>`).text();
       if (description.length > maxLength) description = description.substr(0, maxLength).trim();
       this.setValue(`${cmiPrefix}.description`, description);
     }