diff --git a/app/models/metadata_content.rb b/app/models/metadata_content.rb
index 3573fc41..76b78c88 100644
--- a/app/models/metadata_content.rb
+++ b/app/models/metadata_content.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class MetadataContent < MetadataTemplate
 
   def value
     sanitize(self[:value] || document.content || default_value,
-             sanitize_options)
+             sanitize_options).tr("\r", '')
   end
 
   def front_matter?