diff --git a/rss/rss.go b/rss/rss.go
index fbff567..7375e24 100644
--- a/rss/rss.go
+++ b/rss/rss.go
@@ -4,12 +4,29 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/html"
 )
+const feedfmt = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    <rss version="2.0">
+        <channel>
+            <title>%s</title>
+            <link>%s</link>
+            <description>%s</description>
+            %s
+        </channel>
+    </rss>
+    `
+
+const itemfmt = `<item>
+                <title>Content Title</title>
+                <link>%s</link>
+                <guid>%s</guid>
+                <pubDate>%s</pubDate>
+                <description><![CDATA[%s]]></description>
+            </item>`;
 
 func fetchPage(url string) (string, error) {
     resp, err := http.Get(url)
@@ -77,29 +94,13 @@ func parseArticle(content string) (string, *time.Time, error) {
         }
     }
 
-    article := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(builder.String(), "<article>"), "</article>")
-
-    return article, pagetime, nil 
+    return builder.String(), pagetime, nil 
 }
 
 func GenerateRss(siteUrl, siteTitle, siteDesc string, pageUrls ...string) (string, error) {
-    // get page
-    // parse article
-    // parse date
-    // create item element
-    // collect item elements into feed
     var items strings.Builder
     var err error
 
-    itemfmt := `            <item>
-                <title>Content Title</title>
-                <link>%s</link>
-                <guid>%s</guid>
-                <pubDate>%s</pubDate>
-                <description>%s</description>
-            </item>
-`
-
     for _, u := range pageUrls {
         page, err := fetchPage(u)
         if err != nil {
@@ -116,15 +117,5 @@ func GenerateRss(siteUrl, siteTitle, siteDesc string, pageUrls ...string) (strin
         }
     }
 
-    feed := `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-    <rss version="2.0">
-        <channel>
-            <title>%s</title>
-            <link>%s</link>
-            <description>%s</description>
-            %s
-        </channel>
-    </rss>
-    `
-    return fmt.Sprintf(feed, siteTitle, siteUrl, siteDesc, items.String()), err
+    return fmt.Sprintf(feedfmt, siteTitle, siteUrl, siteDesc, items.String()), err
 }
diff --git a/rss/rss_test.go b/rss/rss_test.go
index 407b7fa..367406f 100644
--- a/rss/rss_test.go
+++ b/rss/rss_test.go
@@ -19,19 +19,13 @@ func TestArticleParse(t *testing.T) {
                 "article stripped out of basic HTML",
                 "<html><head></head><body><article>hello world</article></body></html>", 
                 nil, 
-                "hello world",
+                "<article>hello world</article>",
             },
             {
                 "article and time stripped out of basic HTML",
                 "<html><head></head><body><article><time datetime=\"2004-05-14\">May 14 2004</time>hello world</article></body></html>", 
                 &testDate, 
-                "<time datetime=\"2004-05-14\">May 14 2004</time>hello world",
-            },
-            {
-                "article with attributes",
-                "<html><head></head><body><article class=\"test\"><time datetime=\"2004-05-14\">May 14 2004</time>hello world</article></body></html>", 
-                &testDate, 
-                "<time datetime=\"2004-05-14\">May 14 2004</time>hello world",
+                "<article><time datetime=\"2004-05-14\">May 14 2004</time>hello world</article>",
             },
     }
 
