diff --git a/static/js/services/util-service.js b/static/js/services/util-service.js
index 3f22e6abe..2c7275da5 100644
--- a/static/js/services/util-service.js
+++ b/static/js/services/util-service.js
@@ -137,7 +137,12 @@ angular.module('quay').factory('UtilService', ['$sanitize', 'markdownConverter',
     utilService.UrlBuilder = UrlBuilder;
 
     utilService.removeHtmlTags = function(text){
-      return new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/html').body.textContent || text;
+      try {
+        return new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/html').body.textContent || text;
+      } catch(e) {
+        return text;
+      }
+
     };
 
     return utilService;