diff --git a/sitegen/site.py b/sitegen/site.py
index b7fbf6b..4aaddd3 100644
--- a/sitegen/site.py
+++ b/sitegen/site.py
@@ -58,13 +58,25 @@ def cut_text(filename, count):
         soup = BeautifulSoup(html, features="lxml")
         for script in soup(["script", "style"]):
             script.extract()
-        k = []
-        for i in soup.findAll("p")[1]:
-            k.append(i)
-        b = "".join(str(e) for e in k)
-        text = html2text(b.replace("\n", " "))
-        textreduced = (text[:count] + " [...]") if len(text) > count else (text)
-        return textreduced
+        paragraphs = soup.find_all("p")
+
+        # No <p> tags at all → return empty string
+        if not paragraphs:
+            return ""
+
+        # If only one <p>, use that one; otherwise use the second
+        target = paragraphs[1] if len(paragraphs) > 1 else paragraphs[0]
+
+        # Convert contents of the <p> to HTML string
+        b = "".join(str(e) for e in target.contents)
+
+        # Convert to text
+        text = html2text(b.replace("\n", " ")).strip()
+
+        # Truncate
+        if len(text) > count:
+            return text[:count] + " [...]"
+        return text
 
 
 def extract_body(text, content_id="newspost-content"):