diff --git a/typo3_news/tt_news.inc b/typo3_news/tt_news.inc
index 94dc071..0501f02 100644
--- a/typo3_news/tt_news.inc
+++ b/typo3_news/tt_news.inc
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class Typo3NewsMigration extends BaseMigration {
   public function prepare($node, stdClass $row) {
      $node->status  = ($row->hidden) ? '0' : '1';
      $node->teaser = ''; // Not passing data in teaser
+     $node->title = str_replace(array('<br>', '<br />', '<br/>'), ' ', $node->title);
+     $node->title = strip_tags($node->title);
   }
 }