diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index 389afc2..10b162c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
     desc = (desc.nil? || desc == "" ? "announcement image" : desc)
 
     request = OrbitHelper.request
-    meta_desc = announcement.subtitle.nil? || announcement.subtitle == ""  ? announcement.text[0..200] : announcement.subtitle
+    meta_desc = announcement.subtitle.nil? || announcement.subtitle == ""  ? announcement.text.to_s[0..200] : announcement.subtitle
     OrbitHelper.render_meta_tags([{"property" => "og:title", "content" => announcement.title},{"property" => "og:site_name", "content" => Site.first.title},{"property" => "og:url", "content" => request.original_url.split("?").first},{"property" => "og:description", "content" => meta_desc},{"property" => "og:image", "content" => "#{request.base_url}#{announcement.image.url}"},{"property" => "og:type", "content" => "Article"}])
 
     subtitle_ann = nil