diff --git a/blogposts/announcing_sourcegraph_2.13.md b/blogposts/announcing_sourcegraph_2.13.md
index 454ad1a50f1..6a37b512df9 100644
--- a/blogposts/announcing_sourcegraph_2.13.md
+++ b/blogposts/announcing_sourcegraph_2.13.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ We're also shipping Sourcegraph extensions that add other new features:
 - New search keywords for finding places where a package/module is used:
   - [go.imports:PACKAGE](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/go-imports-search)
   - [js.depends:MODULE](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/js-dependency-search)
-  - [py.imports:PACKAGE](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/python-imports-search) 
+  - [py.imports:PACKAGE](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/python-imports-search)
   - [java.imports:DOTTED_CLASS](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/java-imports-search)
   - [php.uses:ALIAS](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/php-alias-search)
 - New [org:GITHUB_ORG search keyword](https://sourcegraph.com/extensions/sourcegraph/org-search) to search among a GitHub organization's repositories
diff --git a/blogposts/thorn-sunsets-legacy-applications-with-sourcegraph.md b/blogposts/thorn-sunsets-legacy-applications-with-sourcegraph.md
index 737f7f34eda..e6ba3941281 100644
--- a/blogposts/thorn-sunsets-legacy-applications-with-sourcegraph.md
+++ b/blogposts/thorn-sunsets-legacy-applications-with-sourcegraph.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ tags: [
 slug: thorn-sunsets-legacy-applications-with-sourcegraph
 heroImage: /case-studies/thorn-sourcegraph-case-study.png
 published: true
+description: "Thorn builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse, helping law enforcement reduce investigation times by 60%, ensuring that more children are found, faster. Sourcegraph is helping Thorn with their mission, by making it safer to deprecate legacy applications—searching all repositories in any branch to find code still relying on legacy architecture."
 ---
 
 <p style="text-align: center">
diff --git a/website/src/components/BlogPosts.tsx b/website/src/components/BlogPosts.tsx
index 909427ec8fb..88976147370 100644
--- a/website/src/components/BlogPosts.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/BlogPosts.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ export default class BlogPosts extends React.Component<any, any> {
                                             </div>
                                             <div className="blog__posts--post-excerpt">
                                                 <p>
-                                                    {post.node.excerpt}{' '}
+                                                    {post.node.frontmatter.description
+                                                        ? post.node.frontmatter.description
+                                                        : post.node.excerpt}{' '}
                                                     <span className="blog__posts--post-readmore">Read more</span>
                                                 </p>
                                             </div>
diff --git a/website/src/pages/blog.tsx b/website/src/pages/blog.tsx
index d96080cf4d1..9b5e492dff8 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/blog.tsx
+++ b/website/src/pages/blog.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export const pageQuery = graphql`
                         publishDate(formatString: "MMMM D, YYYY")
                         slug
                         published
+                        description
                     }
                     html
                     excerpt(pruneLength: 300)
diff --git a/website/src/pages/go.tsx b/website/src/pages/go.tsx
index f780c8fb0ca..dd794725819 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/go.tsx
+++ b/website/src/pages/go.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const pageQuery = graphql`
                         tags
                         publishDate(formatString: "MMMM D, YYYY")
                         slug
+                        description
                         published
                     }
                     html
diff --git a/website/src/pages/graphql.tsx b/website/src/pages/graphql.tsx
index 079e45a2531..42b24ea26ca 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/graphql.tsx
+++ b/website/src/pages/graphql.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const pageQuery = graphql`
                         tags
                         publishDate(formatString: "MMMM D, YYYY")
                         slug
+                        description
                     }
                     html
                     excerpt(pruneLength: 300)