diff --git a/plugins/links/article/article.js b/plugins/links/article/article.js
index 21b8770a2..505547520 100644
--- a/plugins/links/article/article.js
+++ b/plugins/links/article/article.js
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ export default {
 
         const articleHtml = utils.encodeText(meta.charset, readability.getHTML());
         const $p = cheerio.load(articleHtml)('p');
+        const articleText = $p.text();
 
-        if ($p.text()) {
+        if (articleText) {
             return {
-                articlebody: articleHtml
+                articlebody: __readabilityEnabled === 'html' ? articleHtml : articleText.replace(/\.([^\.\d\s\n\r\'\"\”\)\]])/g, '. $1')
             }
         }
     },
diff --git a/plugins/links/article/check-article.js b/plugins/links/article/check-article.js
index d4bfce1f4..f7a0cdb87 100644
--- a/plugins/links/article/check-article.js
+++ b/plugins/links/article/check-article.js
@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ export default {
                 || meta.twitter?.card === 'summary_large_image'
                 || meta.article))
             
-            && (options.getRequestOptions('readability.articlebody', false) || CONFIG.providerOptions?.app?.allow_readability === true)) {
+            && (options.getRequestOptions('readability.articlebody') || CONFIG.providerOptions?.app?.allow_readability === true)) {
 
-            if (ld?.articlebody && /\/>/.test(ld.articlebody)) {
+            const article_format = (options.getRequestOptions('readability.articlebody') === 'html' 
+                                    || CONFIG.providerOptions?.app?.allow_readability === true) ? 'html' : 'txt';
+
+            if (ld?.articlebody && (article_format !== 'html' || /\/>/.test(ld.articlebody))) {
                 return {
                     articlebody: ld.articlebody
                 }
             } else if (options.getProviderOptions('app.allow_readability')) {
                 return {
-                    __readabilityEnabled: true
+                    __readabilityEnabled: article_format
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/plugins/links/article/reader.js b/plugins/links/article/reader.js
index 78c94a4f9..3d496baa7 100644
--- a/plugins/links/article/reader.js
+++ b/plugins/links/article/reader.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export default {
 
-    getData: function(articlebody) {
-        if (CONFIG.providerOptions?.app?.allow_readability === true && !CONFIG.SKIP_IFRAMELY_RENDERS) {
+    getData: function(__readabilityEnabled, articlebody) {
+        if (__readabilityEnabled === 'html' && CONFIG.providerOptions?.app?.allow_readability === true && !CONFIG.SKIP_IFRAMELY_RENDERS) {
             return  {
                 safe_html: articlebody
             }