diff --git a/app/api/handlers/v1.py b/app/api/handlers/v1.py
index ec03086..7c3ae56 100644
--- a/app/api/handlers/v1.py
+++ b/app/api/handlers/v1.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.conf import settings
 
+from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 from piston.handler import BaseHandler
 from piston.utils import rc, throttle
 from gargoyle import gargoyle
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class OpTimerHandler(BaseHandler):
                             'eventTitle': node.getAttribute('eventTitle'),
                             'duration': duration,
                             'isImportant': int(node.getAttribute('importance')),
-                            'eventText': node.getAttribute('eventText'),
+                            'eventText': ''.join(BeautifulSoup(node.getAttribute('eventText')).findAll(text=True)),
                             'endsIn':endsIn,
                             'forumLink': forumlink}                
                         events.append(event)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7943995..9fe7f72 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ django-celery==2.2.4
 xmpppy
 django-sentry
 nexus
--e git+https://nikdoof@github.com/nikdoof/gargoyle.git@dca57fc4b437b85f8cbc#egg=gargoyle
+-e git+https://github.com/nikdoof/gargoyle.git@dca57fc4b437b85f8cbc#egg=gargoyle
+beautifulsoup