diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index f170700..d3f476e 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			string url = "http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/reload";
 			auto req = Request();
 			req.keepAlive = false;
-			req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+			req.timeout = ACTOR_REQ_TIMEOUT;
 			req.get(url);
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 			string url = "http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/cli";
 			auto req = Request();
 			req.keepAlive = false;
-			req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+			req.timeout = ACTOR_REQ_TIMEOUT;
 			req.get(url);
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
index dafe622..c7f565e 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 alias TaskMap = Task[string];
 
-immutable uint MAX_RETRIES = 3;
-immutable REQ_TIMEOUT = 2.seconds;
+immutable uint ACTOR_MAX_RETRIES = 3;
+immutable ACTOR_REQ_TIMEOUT = 5.seconds;
 
 /**
  * Actor in charge of:
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 	try {
 		auto req = Request();
 		req.keepAlive = false;
-		req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+		req.timeout = ACTOR_REQ_TIMEOUT;
 		auto res = req.get(path);
 		parseRSS(rss, cast(immutable string)res.responseBody.data);
 
 	} catch (Exception e) {
 
-		if(retries < MAX_RETRIES) {
+		if(retries < ACTOR_MAX_RETRIES) {
 			feedActor(feedName, path, retries+1);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/renderer.d b/source/cartastraccia/renderer.d
index 66f75d4..91cf99f 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/renderer.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/renderer.d
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 			itemCont.html = "<h2>"~item.title~"</h2>"
 				~ "<b><a href="~item.link~">View Source</a></b>"
 				~ "<p>"~item.pubDate~"</p>"
-				~ replaceAll(item.description, regex("<.*pre>"), "");
+				~ cleanup(item.description);
 		} else {
 			auto itemCont = doc.createElement("div", column2);
 			itemCont.html = "<h2>"~item.title~"</h2>"
 				~ "<b><a href="~item.link~">View Source</a></b>"
 				~ "<p>"~item.pubDate~"</p>"
-				~ replaceAll(item.description, regex("<.*pre>"), "");
+				~ cleanup(item.description);
 		}
 		i++;
 	}
@@ -59,3 +59,9 @@
 	if(existsFile(fpath)) removeFile(fpath);
 	appendToFile(fpath, output.data);
 }
+
+private string cleanup(immutable string data)
+{
+	immutable res = replaceAll(data, regex("<.*pre>"), "");
+	return res.replaceAll(regex("<img.*>"), "");
+}
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
index 4019db9..14e52d6 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@
 				rss = InvalidRSS(name, "");
 			}
 
+		} else if(name == "image" || name == "media:content") {
+			// skip images
+			while(rssRange.front.type != EntityType.elementEnd
+					&& rssRange.front.name != name) {
+				rssRange.popFront(); // elementStart
+				rssRange.popFront(); // text
+				rssRange.popFront(); // elementEnd
+			}
+
 		} else if(rssRange.front.type == EntityType.text
 				|| rssRange.front.type == EntityType.cdata) {