diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index 59233b6..48f2d28 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-<meta name="description" content="{{ if .IsHome }}{{ .Site.Params.Subtitle }}{{ else }}{{ .Summary | plainify }}{{ end }}" />
+<meta name="description" content="{{ if .IsHome }}{{ $.Site.Params.Subtitle }}{{ else if .Description}}{{ .Description | plainify }}{{ else }}{{ .Summary | plainify }}{{ end }}" />
 <meta name="keywords" content="{{ with .Params.Keywords }}{{ delimit . ", " }}{{ else }}{{ $.Site.Params.Keywords }}{{ end }}" />
 <meta name="robots" content="noodp" />
 <link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}" />