diff --git a/_layouts/blog.html b/_layouts/blog.html
index 951c954c..4da4fb50 100644
--- a/_layouts/blog.html
+++ b/_layouts/blog.html
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
                   <h2><a class="post-link" href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
                   <p class="small">
                     {{ post.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }} by {{ post.author }}
-                  </span></p>
+                  </p>
                   {{ post.excerpt }}
+                  <a href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}">Read on...</a>
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/feed.xml b/feed.xml
index 022378be..266ba5dc 100644
--- a/feed.xml
+++ b/feed.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ layout: null
     {% for post in site.posts limit:10 %}
       <item>
         <title>{{ post.title | xml_escape }}</title>
-        <description>{{ post.content | xml_escape }}</description>
+        <description>{{ post.excerpt | xml_escape }}</description>
         <pubDate>{{ post.date | date_to_rfc822 }}</pubDate>
         <link>{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="true">{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}</guid>