diff --git a/_includes/scripts/search.liquid b/_includes/scripts/search.liquid
index 3acf15c..95e219c 100644
--- a/_includes/scripts/search.liquid
+++ b/_includes/scripts/search.liquid
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
           {% if post.redirect == blank %}
             title: "{{ title | truncatewords: 13 }}",
           {% elsif post.redirect contains '://' %}
-            // TODO: fix the svg icon position for external posts
             title: '{{ title | truncatewords: 13 }} <svg width="1.2rem" height="1.2rem" top=".5rem" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" class="icon_svg-stroke" stroke="#999" stroke-width="1.5" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg>',
           {% else %}
             title: "{{ title | truncatewords: 13 }}",
@@ -102,9 +101,9 @@
           {%- for item in collection.docs -%}
             {
               {%- if item.inline -%}
-                {%- assign title = item.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape | strip -%}
+                {%- assign title = item.content | newline_to_br | replace: "<br />", " " | replace: "<br/>", " " | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape | strip -%}
               {%- else -%}
-                {%- assign title = item.title | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape | strip -%}
+                {%- assign title = item.title | newline_to_br | replace: "<br />", " " | replace: "<br/>", " " | strip_html | strip_newlines | escape | strip -%}
               {%- endif -%}
               id: "{{ collection.label }}-{{ title | slugify }}",
               title: '{{ title | emojify | truncatewords: 13 }}',