diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/datasource/rss/RssTimelineRemoteMediator.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/datasource/rss/RssTimelineRemoteMediator.kt
index cc9042fcc..f00399ab6 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/datasource/rss/RssTimelineRemoteMediator.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/datasource/rss/RssTimelineRemoteMediator.kt
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ internal class RssTimelineRemoteMediator(
                                         content = StatusContent.Rss(it),
                                         text =
                                             it.data.description
-                                                .let { html -> parseHtml(html) }
-                                                .wholeText(),
+                                                ?.let { html -> parseHtml(html) }
+                                                ?.wholeText(),
                                         createdAt =
                                             it.data.date?.let { parseRssDateToInstant(it) }
                                                 ?: Clock.System.now(),
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/RssService.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/RssService.kt
index f559438d7..e10eb3e00 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/RssService.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/RssService.kt
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ import dev.dimension.flare.data.network.ktorClient
 import dev.dimension.flare.data.network.rss.model.Feed
 import dev.dimension.flare.data.repository.tryRun
 import dev.dimension.flare.ui.model.mapper.link
-import io.ktor.client.call.body
-import io.ktor.client.plugins.contentnegotiation.ContentNegotiation
 import io.ktor.client.request.get
 import io.ktor.client.statement.bodyAsText
-import io.ktor.http.ContentType
 import io.ktor.http.Url
-import io.ktor.serialization.kotlinx.xml.xml
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
 import nl.adaptivity.xmlutil.serialization.XML
 
@@ -25,16 +21,15 @@ internal object RssService {
             defaultToGenericParser = true
         }
     }
+    private val client = ktorClient { }
 
-    suspend fun fetch(url: String): Feed =
-        ktorClient(config = {
-            install(ContentNegotiation) {
-                xml(xml, contentType = ContentType.Any)
-            }
-        }).get(url).body()
+    suspend fun fetch(url: String): Feed {
+        val response = client.get(url).bodyAsText()
+        return xml.decodeFromString(response)
+    }
 
     suspend fun detectLinkSources(url: String): List<String> =
-        ktorClient()
+        client
             .get(url)
             .bodyAsText()
             .let(Ksoup::parse)
@@ -53,9 +48,7 @@ internal object RssService {
     suspend fun fetchIcon(url: String): String? {
         val webContent =
             tryRun {
-                ktorClient(
-                    config = {},
-                ).get(url).bodyAsText()
+                client.get(url).bodyAsText()
             }.getOrNull() ?: return null
         val feed =
             tryRun {
@@ -76,9 +69,7 @@ internal object RssService {
         val html =
             if (feed?.link != null && feed.link != url) {
                 tryRun {
-                    ktorClient(
-                        config = {},
-                    ).get(feedLink).bodyAsText()
+                    client.get(feedLink).bodyAsText()
                 }.getOrNull() ?: return null
             } else {
                 webContent
@@ -106,9 +97,7 @@ internal object RssService {
             val hasFavIcon =
                 tryRun {
                     val response =
-                        ktorClient(
-                            config = {},
-                        ).get(favIcon)
+                        client.get(favIcon)
                     if (response.status.value !in 200..299) {
                         throw Exception("Failed to fetch favicon: ${response.status}")
                     }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/model/Feed.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/model/Feed.kt
index 2081dc700..7de95fd7c 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/model/Feed.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/data/network/rss/model/Feed.kt
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ internal sealed interface Feed {
             @XmlElement(true)
             val link: String,
             @XmlElement(true)
-            val description: String,
+            val description: String? = null,
             @XmlElement(true)
             val language: String? = null,
             @XmlElement(true)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ internal sealed interface Feed {
             @XmlElement(true)
             val link: String,
             @XmlElement(true)
-            val description: String,
+            val description: String? = null,
             @XmlElement(true)
             @XmlSerialName(value = "date", namespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", prefix = "dc")
             val date: String? = null,
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ internal sealed interface Feed {
             @XmlElement(true)
             val link: String,
             @XmlElement(true)
-            val description: String,
+            val description: String? = null,
             @XmlElement(true)
             @XmlSerialName(value = "date", namespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", prefix = "dc")
             val date: String? = null,
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/ui/model/mapper/Rss.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/ui/model/mapper/Rss.kt
index 695d0ee5c..b7dadac4a 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/ui/model/mapper/Rss.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/dimension/flare/ui/model/mapper/Rss.kt
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ internal fun StatusContent.Rss.RssContent.Rss20.render(): UiTimeline =
 internal fun StatusContent.Rss.RssContent.RDF.render(): UiTimeline =
     with(data) {
         val descHtml =
-            description.let {
+            description?.let {
                 Ksoup.parse(it)
             }
-        val img = descHtml.select("img").firstOrNull()
+        val img = descHtml?.select("img")?.firstOrNull()
         return UiTimeline(
             topMessage = null,
             content =
                 UiTimeline.ItemContent.Feed(
                     title = title,
-                    description = descHtml.text(),
+                    description = descHtml?.text(),
                     url = link.replace("http://", "https://"),
                     image = img?.attr("src"),
                     source = source,