diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/userPage/userPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/userPage/userPage.jsx
index 57fc5f457..1e051987b 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/userPage/userPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/userPage/userPage.jsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ const UserPage = createClass({
 		const usernameWithS = this.props.username + (this.props.username.endsWith('s') ? `’` : `’s`);
 
 		const brews = _.groupBy(this.props.brews, (brew)=>{
-			brew.title = brew.title.trim();
 			return (brew.published ? 'published' : 'private');
 		});
 
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 520dd154e..f10b6ff5e 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ app.get('/user/:username', async (req, res, next)=>{
 	}
 
 	req.brews = _.map(brews, (brew)=>{
+		// Clean up brew data
+		brew.title = brew.title?.trim();
+		brew.description = brew.description?.trim();
 		return sanitizeBrew(brew, ownAccount ? 'edit' : 'share');
 	});