diff --git a/src/helpers.cr b/src/helpers.cr
index d3c89e035..30e544e5a 100644
--- a/src/helpers.cr
+++ b/src/helpers.cr
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ class Video
     end
   end
 
-  def initialize(id, info, html, updated, title, views, likes, dislikes, wilson_score, published)
+  def initialize(id, info, updated, title, views, likes, dislikes, wilson_score, published, description)
     @id = id
     @info = info
-    @html = html
     @updated = updated
     @title = title
     @views = views
@@ -22,10 +21,11 @@ class Video
     @dislikes = dislikes
     @wilson_score = wilson_score
     @published = published
+    @description = description
   end
 
   def to_a
-    return [@id, @info, @html, @updated, @title, @views, @likes, @dislikes, @wilson_score, @published]
+    return [@id, @info, @updated, @title, @views, @likes, @dislikes, @wilson_score, @published, @description]
   end
 
   DB.mapping({
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@ class Video
       default:   HTTP::Params.parse(""),
       converter: Video::HTTPParamConverter,
     },
-    html: {
-      type:      XML::Node,
-      default:   XML.parse_html(""),
-      converter: Video::XMLConverter,
-    },
     updated:      Time,
     title:        String,
     views:        Int64,
@@ -47,6 +42,7 @@ class Video
     dislikes:     Int32,
     wilson_score: Float64,
     published:    Time,
+    description:  String,
   })
 end
 
@@ -105,6 +101,9 @@ def fetch_video(id, client)
   dislikes = html.xpath_node(%q(//button[@title="I dislike this"]/span))
   dislikes = dislikes ? dislikes.content.delete(",").to_i : 0
 
+  description = html.xpath_node(%q(//p[@id="eow-description"]))
+  description = description ? description.to_xml : ""
+
   wilson_score = ci_lower_bound(likes, likes + dislikes)
 
   published = html.xpath_node(%q(//strong[contains(@class,"watch-time-text")]))
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ def fetch_video(id, client)
     end
   end
 
-  video = Video.new(id, info, html, Time.now, title, views, likes, dislikes, wilson_score, published)
+  video = Video.new(id, info, Time.now, title, views, likes, dislikes, wilson_score, published, description)
 
   return video
 end
@@ -146,8 +145,9 @@ def get_video(id, client, db, refresh = true)
     # If record was last updated over an hour ago, refresh (expire param in response lasts for 6 hours)
     if refresh && Time.now - video.updated > 1.hours
       video = fetch_video(id, client)
-      db.exec("UPDATE videos SET info = $2, html = $3, updated = $4,\
-       title = $5, views = $6, likes = $7, dislikes = $8, wilson_score = $9, published = $10 WHERE id = $1", video.to_a)
+      db.exec("UPDATE videos SET info = $2, updated = $3,\
+       title = $4, views = $5, likes = $6, dislikes = $7, wilson_score = $8,\
+      published = $9, description = $10 WHERE id = $1", video.to_a)
     end
   else
     video = fetch_video(id, client)
diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index ae9e0978a..3a0c91e16 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ get "/watch" do |env|
 
   player_response = JSON.parse(video.info["player_response"])
 
-  description = video.html.xpath_node(%q(//p[@id="eow-description"]))
-  description = description ? description.to_xml : "Could not load description"
-
   rating = video.info["avg_rating"].to_f64
 
   engagement = ((video.dislikes.to_f + video.likes.to_f)/video.views * 100)
diff --git a/src/views/watch.ecr b/src/views/watch.ecr
index 4d428f6eb..ee2b0345d 100644
--- a/src/views/watch.ecr
+++ b/src/views/watch.ecr
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ var player = videojs('player', options, function() {
             </a>
         </p>
         <div style="margin-right:1em;">
-            <%= description %>
+            <%= video.description %>
         </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/videos.sql b/videos.sql
index 9a9b0782c..9a434096d 100644
--- a/videos.sql
+++ b/videos.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CREATE TABLE public.videos
 (
     id text COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
     info text COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
-    html text COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
     updated timestamp with time zone,
     title text COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
     views bigint,
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.videos
     dislikes integer,
     wilson_score double precision,
     published timestamp with time zone,
+    description text COLLATE pg_catalog."default",
     CONSTRAINT videos_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
 )
 WITH (