diff --git a/search_api_page.module b/search_api_page.module
index ed627df..5783efd 100644
--- a/search_api_page.module
+++ b/search_api_page.module
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function template_preprocess_search_api_page_result(&$variables) {
   /* @var $item \Drupal\search_api\Item\ItemInterface */
   $item = $variables['item'];
 
-  $variables['snippet'] = $item->getExcerpt();
+  $variables['snippet'] = array('#markup' => $item->getExcerpt());
   $variables['url'] = $entity->url();
   $variables['title'] = $entity->label();