diff --git a/scuttle.css b/scuttle.css
index 211e587..2303ff4 100644
--- a/scuttle.css
+++ b/scuttle.css
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ p.commondescription {
     color: #555;
     font-weight: bold;
     border-left: 1px solid #CC8;
+    width: 70%;
 }
 
 p.tags {
diff --git a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
index 4751515..7837e6c 100644
--- a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
+++ b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ if((isset($currenttag) && $GLOBALS['enableCommonTagDescription'])
 <?php
 if(isset($currenttag) && $cdservice->getLastTagDescription($currenttag)) {
     $description = $cdservice->getLastTagDescription($currenttag);
-    echo filter($description['cdDescription']);
+    echo nl2br(filter($description['cdDescription']));
 } elseif(isset($hash) && $cdservice->getLastBookmarkDescription($hash)) {
     $description = $cdservice->getLastBookmarkDescription($hash);
-    echo filter($description['cdTitle']). "<br/>";
-    echo filter($description['cdDescription']). "<br/>";
+    echo nl2br(filter($description['cdTitle'])). "<br/>";
+    echo nl2br(filter($description['cdDescription'])). "<br/>";
 }
 
 if($logged_on_userid>0) {