diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 584a613..0b49156 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
         "astro": "^2.3.0",
         "astro-compress": "^1.1.42",
         "less": "^4.1.3",
-        "mdast-util-to-string": "^3.2.0",
         "reading-time": "^1.5.0",
         "rehype-autolink-headings": "^6.1.1",
         "rehype-figure": "^1.0.1",
         "rehype-slug": "^5.1.0",
-        "remark-unwrap-images": "^3.0.1"
+        "remark-unwrap-images": "^3.0.1",
+        "unist-util-select": "^4.0.3",
+        "unist-util-visit": "^4.1.2"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -2330,6 +2331,11 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fb55"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/css-selector-parser": {
+      "version": "1.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-1.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HYPSb7y/Z7BNDCOrakL4raGO2zltZkbeXyAd6Tg9obzix6QhzxCotdBl6VT0Dv4vZfJGVz3WL/xaEI9Ly3ul0g=="
+    },
     "node_modules/css-tree": {
       "version": "2.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-tree/-/css-tree-2.2.1.tgz",
@@ -6404,6 +6410,21 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/unified"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/unist-util-select": {
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unist-util-select/-/unist-util-select-4.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1074+K9VyR3NyUz3lgNtHKm7ln+jSZXtLJM4E22uVuoFn88a/Go2pX8dusrt/W+KWH1ncn8jcd8uCQuvXb/fXA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/unist": "^2.0.0",
+        "css-selector-parser": "^1.0.0",
+        "nth-check": "^2.0.0",
+        "zwitch": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/unified"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/unist-util-stringify-position": {
       "version": "3.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unist-util-stringify-position/-/unist-util-stringify-position-3.0.3.tgz",
@@ -8347,6 +8368,11 @@
         "nth-check": "^2.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "css-selector-parser": {
+      "version": "1.4.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-selector-parser/-/css-selector-parser-1.4.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HYPSb7y/Z7BNDCOrakL4raGO2zltZkbeXyAd6Tg9obzix6QhzxCotdBl6VT0Dv4vZfJGVz3WL/xaEI9Ly3ul0g=="
+    },
     "css-tree": {
       "version": "2.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/css-tree/-/css-tree-2.2.1.tgz",
@@ -11073,6 +11099,17 @@
         "@types/unist": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "unist-util-select": {
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unist-util-select/-/unist-util-select-4.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1074+K9VyR3NyUz3lgNtHKm7ln+jSZXtLJM4E22uVuoFn88a/Go2pX8dusrt/W+KWH1ncn8jcd8uCQuvXb/fXA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/unist": "^2.0.0",
+        "css-selector-parser": "^1.0.0",
+        "nth-check": "^2.0.0",
+        "zwitch": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "unist-util-stringify-position": {
       "version": "3.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unist-util-stringify-position/-/unist-util-stringify-position-3.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f7e600..d6eab13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
     "astro": "^2.3.0",
     "astro-compress": "^1.1.42",
     "less": "^4.1.3",
-    "mdast-util-to-string": "^3.2.0",
     "reading-time": "^1.5.0",
     "rehype-autolink-headings": "^6.1.1",
     "rehype-figure": "^1.0.1",
     "rehype-slug": "^5.1.0",
-    "remark-unwrap-images": "^3.0.1"
+    "remark-unwrap-images": "^3.0.1",
+    "unist-util-select": "^4.0.3",
+    "unist-util-visit": "^4.1.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/remark-post-meta.mjs b/remark-post-meta.mjs
index b9d83ab..4d89c5d 100644
--- a/remark-post-meta.mjs
+++ b/remark-post-meta.mjs
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
-import getReadingTime from 'reading-time';
-import { toString as mdToString } from 'mdast-util-to-string';
+import { select } from 'unist-util-select'
+import { visit } from 'unist-util-visit'
+import getReadingTime from 'reading-time'
 
-const ELLIPSIS = '\u2026';
+export default function remarkPostMeta() {
+  return (tree, { data }) => {
+    const firstPara = select(':not(heading) paragraph:first-of-type', tree)
 
-export default function() {
-  return function (tree, { data }) {
-    const textOnPage = mdToString(tree);
+    const firstParaText = mdToString(firstPara)
+    const articleText = mdToString(tree)
 
-    const readingTime = getReadingTime(textOnPage);
-    data.astro.frontmatter.readingTime = readingTime.text;
+    const readingTime = getReadingTime(articleText)
+    data.astro.frontmatter.readingTime = readingTime.minutes
 
-    const description = textOnPage.slice(0, 100) + ELLIPSIS;
-    data.astro.frontmatter.description = description;
-  };
+    data.astro.frontmatter.description = firstParaText
+  }
+}
+
+function mdToString(tree) {
+  let str = ''
+  visit(tree, 'text', node => {
+    str += node.value
+    str += ' '
+  })
+  return str.trimEnd()
 }