diff --git a/system/includes/functions.php b/system/includes/functions.php
index 9f1e2e0..61d54f1 100644
--- a/system/includes/functions.php
+++ b/system/includes/functions.php
@@ -946,12 +946,12 @@ function get_description($string, $char = null)
     }
     if (strlen(strip_tags($string)) < $char) {
         $string = remove_accent($string);
-        $string = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9 !@#$%^&*(),.-]/u', '', strip_tags($string));
+        $string = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9 !@#$%^&*(),.-]/u', ' ', strip_tags($string));
         $string = ltrim(rtrim($string));
         return $string;
     } else {
         $string = remove_accent($string);
-        $string = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9 !@#$%^&*(),.-]/u', '', strip_tags($string));
+        $string = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9 !@#$%^&*(),.-]/u', ' ', strip_tags($string));
         $string = ltrim(rtrim($string));
         $string = substr($string, 0, $char);
         $string = substr($string, 0, strrpos($string, ' '));
@@ -2056,4 +2056,4 @@ function shorten($string = null, $char = null)
         return $string;
     }
     
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}