diff --git a/skin/base.phps b/skin/base.phps
index 25d83f5..c4a77b1 100644
--- a/skin/base.phps
+++ b/skin/base.phps
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function meta($ctx, $meta) {
         $s = '<meta';
         foreach ($item as $k => $v)
             $s .= ' '.htmlescape($k).'="'.htmlescape($v).'"';
-        $s .= '>';
+        $s .= '/>';
         $s .= "\n";
         return $s;
     }, $meta));
diff --git a/strings/main.yaml b/strings/main.yaml
index d2ac36e..125d790 100644
--- a/strings/main.yaml
+++ b/strings/main.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ lang_ru: "Русский"
 
 # meta
 meta_index_title: "4in1. Mask of Shakespeare, mysteries of Bacon, book by Cartier, secrets of the NSA"
-meta_index_description: "This is the official web site of the book \"4in1\". The book has emerged as an outcome of many years of journalistic investigations, published as a series of articles over the last few years on the kiwi arXiv website."
+meta_index_description: "This is the official web site of the book \"4in1\"."
 
 # blog
 blog_new_post: "New post"