diff --git a/rss/item.go b/rss/item.go
index 69fd0aa..172f63b 100755
--- a/rss/item.go
+++ b/rss/item.go
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ func (i *Item) Encode() ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (i *Item) Decode(b []byte) error {
-	return config.Decode(b, i)
+	if err := config.Decode(b, i); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	i.Content = clearBlankLines(i.Content)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (i *Item) save(ns1 string, ns ...string) error {
diff --git a/rss/item_test.go b/rss/item_test.go
index 7e30f2b..77878d8 100755
--- a/rss/item_test.go
+++ b/rss/item_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,29 @@ Out
          </html>`,
 			outLines: 6,
 		},
+		"remove with and without whitespace 2": {
+			in: `Daniel
+Tillett</a><br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
+<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+         `,
+			outLines: 1,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, c := range cases {