diff --git a/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html b/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
index a5e5fdd..d013a54 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
+++ b/pygeoapi/templates/collections/items/item.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "_base.html" %}
 {% set ptitle = data['properties'][data['title_field']] or ("Item {}".format(data['id'])) %}
-{% block desc %}{{ data.get('properties',{}).get('description',{}) | string | truncate(250) }}{% endblock %}
-{% block tags %}{{ data['properties'].get('themes',[{}])[0].get('concepts',[]) | join(',') }}{% endblock %}
+{% block desc %}{{ data.get('properties',{}).get('description', {}) | string | truncate(250) }}{% endblock %}
+{% block tags %}{{ data['properties'].get('themes', [{}])[0].get('concepts', []) | join(',') }}{% endblock %}
 {# Optionally renders an img element, otherwise standard value or link rendering #}
 {% macro render_item_value(v, width) -%}
     {% set val = v | string | trim %}