diff --git a/src/templates/mdPageTemplate.tsx b/src/templates/mdPageTemplate.tsx
index c783a77..1b2c856 100644
--- a/src/templates/mdPageTemplate.tsx
+++ b/src/templates/mdPageTemplate.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import logo from '../../static/logo-square-wob.png';
 const MdPageTemplate: React.FC<PageProps<Query>> = ({data}) => {
 
   const post = data.markdownRemark;
-
   return (
     <Layout>
       <div className="max-w-screen-md mx-auto">
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ const MdPageTemplate: React.FC<PageProps<Query>> = ({data}) => {
 
         <meta name="title" content={post.frontmatter?.title} />
         {post.frontmatter.description ? (
-          <meta name="description" content="this is the post's description" />
+          <meta name="description" content={post.frontmatter?.description} />
         ): null}
         <meta name="author" content="Rik Berkelder" />
 
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ export const pageQuery = graphql`
         slug
         date(formatString: "MMMM DD, YYYY")
         title
+        description
       }
     }
   }