diff --git a/default.go b/default.go
index 52d4077..85ea71f 100644
--- a/default.go
+++ b/default.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) DefaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("unsupported scheme")
 	}
 
-	if u.Host == "localhost" {
-		return nil, errors.New("url is localhost")
+	if u.Host == "localhost" || u.Host == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid host")
 	} else if ip := net.ParseIP(u.Host); ip != nil && isPrivateIP(ip) {
 		return nil, errors.New("url is a local ip address")
 	}
@@ -248,15 +248,19 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["og:title"]; exists {
 		i.Title = attr
 	} else if tag := q.Find("head > title"); tag.Length() > 0 {
-		i.Title = strings.TrimSpace(tag.Text())
+		i.Title = tag.Text()
 	}
 
+	i.Title = strings.TrimSpace(i.Title)
+
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["og:description"]; exists {
 		i.Description = attr
 	} else if attr, exists = metaTags["description"]; exists {
 		i.Description = attr
 	}
 
+	i.Description = strings.TrimSpace(i.Description)
+
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["duration"]; exists {
 		i.Duration = attr
 	}