diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index e2cf72f8..347f444a 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         .row-fluid
           .span12
             .center-text
-              = conference.venue.description
+              = simple_format(conference.venue.description)
         .row-fluid{:style => "padding-top: 30px;"}
           .span3
             - if conference.registration_open?
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
               - if !current_user.nil? && current_user.person.proposal_count(conference) > 0
                 = link_to "View My Proposals", conference_proposal_index_path(conference.short_title), :class => "btn btn-success btn-large pull-right"
               - else
-                = link_to "Submit Proposal", conference_proposal_index_path(conference.short_title), :class => "btn btn-success btn-large pull-right"
\ No newline at end of file
+                = link_to "Submit Proposal", conference_proposal_index_path(conference.short_title), :class => "btn btn-success btn-large pull-right"