diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 7d970c762..cda3ce53c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -3238,6 +3238,7 @@ def strip_html(text,len=0,endss="...")
   ss = ""
   if text.length>0
     ss=text.gsub(/<\/?.*?>/, '').strip
+    ss = ss.gsub(/&nbsp;/, ' ')
 
     if len > 0 && ss.length > len
       ss = ss[0, len] + endss