diff --git a/assets/scss/style.scss b/assets/scss/style.scss
index e1a9bc7..aff377d 100755
--- a/assets/scss/style.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/style.scss
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ ul.post-list {
 
     p.post-wordcount, p.post-status {
         text-align: center;
-        margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
+        margin-bottom: 1rem;
     }
 
     .series-link {
diff --git a/layouts/partials/post.html b/layouts/partials/post.html
index 74701ac..876cb38 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/post.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/post.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     {{ partial "seriesstatus.html" .page.Params.status }}
     </p>
     {{ end }}
-    <p class="post-preview">{{ .page.Summary }} {{ if .page.Truncated }}...{{ end }}</p>
+    <p class="post-preview">{{ partial "summary" .page }}</p>
     {{- if .linkSeries -}}
     {{- $term := index (.page.GetTerms "series") 0 -}}
     {{- with $term -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/summary.html b/layouts/partials/summary.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8aabb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/summary.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- if .Params.summary -}}
+{{ .Params.summary }}
+{{- else -}}
+{{ .Summary | plainify | truncate 180 }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/series/list.html b/layouts/series/list.html
index 2a5c0f8..b774f6b 100644
--- a/layouts/series/list.html
+++ b/layouts/series/list.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <p>{{ partial "seriesstatus.html" .Params.status }}</p>
     <p>{{ i18n "postsFromTo" (dict "from" $startYear "to" $endYear) }}</p>
 </div>
-<p>{{ .Summary }}</p>
+<p>{{ partial "summary" . }}</p>
 
 <ul class="post-list">
     {{ range $pages }}