diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
index b8553beac..3b06dc80d 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
                 'servings': '',
                 'prepTime': '',
                 'cookTime': ''
-                }
+    }
     recipe_tree = []
     parse_list = []
     html_data = []
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
 
     try:
         parse_list.append(remove_graph(json.loads(text)))
+        if not url and 'url' in parse_list[0]:
+            url = parse_list[0]['url']
+        scrape = text_scraper("<script type='application/ld+json'>" + text + "</script>", url=url)
 
     except JSONDecodeError:
         soup = BeautifulSoup(text, "html.parser")
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
         images += get_images_from_source(soup, url)
         for el in soup.find_all('script', type='application/ld+json'):
             el = remove_graph(el)
+            if not url and 'url' in el:
+                url = el['url']
             if type(el) == list:
                 for le in el:
                     parse_list.append(le)
@@ -96,15 +101,6 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
                     parse_list.append(le)
             elif type(el) == dict:
                 parse_list.append(el)
-
-    # if a url was not provided, try to find one in the first document
-    if not url and len(parse_list) > 0:
-        if 'url' in parse_list[0]:
-            url = parse_list[0]['url']
-
-    if type(text) == dict:
-        scrape = text_scraper("<script type='application/ld+json'>" + text + "</script>", url=url)
-    elif type(text) == str:
         scrape = text_scraper(text, url=url)
 
     recipe_json = helper.get_from_scraper(scrape, space)
diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
index 366068e75..6efa82e7a 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_url_import.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from isodate.isoerror import ISO8601Error
 from cookbook.helper.ingredient_parser import parse as parse_single_ingredient
 from cookbook.models import Keyword
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_duration
+from recipe_scrapers._schemaorg import SchemaOrgException
 from recipe_scrapers._utils import get_minutes, normalize_string
 
 
@@ -13,7 +14,10 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, space):
     # converting the scrape_me object to the existing json format based on ld+json
 
     recipe_json = {}
-    recipe_json['name'] = scrape.title()
+    try:
+        recipe_json['name'] = scrape.title()
+    except TypeError:
+        recipe_json['name'] = ''
 
     try:
         description = scrape.schema.data.get("description") or ''
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, space):
     except AttributeError:
         description = ''
 
-    recipe_json['description'] = normalize_string(description)
+    recipe_json['description'] = parse_description(description)
 
     try:
         servings = scrape.yields()
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ def get_from_scraper(scrape, space):
 
     try:
         recipe_json['image'] = parse_image(scrape.image()) or ''
-    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError, SchemaOrgException):
         recipe_json['image'] = ''
 
     keywords = []
@@ -181,6 +185,14 @@ def parse_ingredients(ingredients):
     return ingredients
 
 
+def parse_description(description):
+    description = re.sub(r'\n\s*\n', '\n\n', description)
+    description = re.sub(' +', ' ', description)
+    description = re.sub('</p>', '\n', description)
+    description = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', description)
+    return normalize_string(description)
+
+
 def parse_instructions(instructions):
     instruction_text = ''