diff --git a/src/postTools.js b/src/postTools.js
index 647d796841..cb3b1da938 100644
--- a/src/postTools.js
+++ b/src/postTools.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 				},
 				postData: function(next) {
 					cache.del(postData.pid);
-					PostTools.parsePost(postData, data.uid, next);
+					PostTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 				}
 			}, function(err, results) {
 				if (err) {
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 					if (err) {
 						return callback(err);
 					}
-					PostTools.parsePost(postData, uid, callback);
+					PostTools.parsePost(postData, callback);
 				});
 			}
 		});
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 		});
 	};
 
-	PostTools.parsePost = function(postData, uid, callback) {
+	PostTools.parsePost = function(postData, callback) {
 		postData.content = postData.content || '';
 
 		var cachedContent = cache.get(postData.pid);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ var cache = LRU({
 			return callback(null, postData);
 		}
 
-		plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.post', {postData: postData, uid: uid}, function(err, data) {
+		plugins.fireHook('filter:parse.post', {postData: postData}, function(err, data) {
 			if (err) {
 				return callback(err);
 			}
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 2c7ca82737..53931d75f7 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 				postData.relativeTime = utils.toISOString(postData.timestamp);
 				postData.relativeEditTime = parseInt(postData.edited, 10) !== 0 ? utils.toISOString(postData.edited) : '';
-				postTools.parsePost(postData, uid, next);
+				postTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 			}, function(err, posts) {
 				if (err) {
 					return callback(err);
diff --git a/src/posts/summary.js b/src/posts/summary.js
index 962a51aaa6..6d098cd829 100644
--- a/src/posts/summary.js
+++ b/src/posts/summary.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = function(Posts) {
 						return next(null, post);
 					}
 
-					postTools.parsePost(post, uid, function(err, post) {
+					postTools.parsePost(post, function(err, post) {
 						if (err) {
 							return next(err);
 						}
diff --git a/src/socket.io/posts.js b/src/socket.io/posts.js
index b49e796e7a..94f6be7a37 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/posts.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/posts.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ SocketPosts.sendNotificationToPostOwner = function(pid, fromuid, notification) {
 		async.parallel({
 			username: async.apply(user.getUserField, fromuid, 'username'),
 			topicTitle: async.apply(topics.getTopicField, postData.tid, 'title'),
-			postObj: async.apply(postTools.parsePost, postData, postData.uid)
+			postObj: async.apply(postTools.parsePost, postData)
 		}, function(err, results) {
 			if (err) {
 				return;
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ SocketPosts.flag = function(socket, pid, callback) {
 		function(topic, next) {
 			post.topic = topic;
 			message = '[[notifications:user_flagged_post_in, ' + userName + ', ' + topic.title + ']]';
-			postTools.parsePost(post, socket.uid, next);
+			postTools.parsePost(post, next);
 		},
 		function(post, next) {
 			async.parallel({
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 5988f637e2..f7af1d0c5e 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 						posts.getPidIndex(postData.pid, uid, next);
 					},
 					content: function(next) {
-						postTools.parsePost(postData, uid, next);
+						postTools.parsePost(postData, next);
 					}
 				}, next);
 			},
diff --git a/src/topics/teaser.js b/src/topics/teaser.js
index adb4f77b5c..5946eef988 100644
--- a/src/topics/teaser.js
+++ b/src/topics/teaser.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var async = require('async'),
+	S = require('string'),
 
 	db = require('../database'),
 	user = require('../user'),
 	posts = require('../posts'),
 	plugins = require('../plugins'),
+	postTools = require('../postTools'),
 	utils = require('../../public/src/utils');
 
 
@@ -49,21 +51,30 @@ module.exports = function(Topics) {
 					users[user.uid] = user;
 				});
 				var tidToPost = {};
-				postData.forEach(function(post) {
+
+				async.each(postData, function(post, next) {
 					post.user = users[post.uid];
 					post.timestamp = utils.toISOString(post.timestamp);
 					tidToPost[post.tid] = post;
-				});
-
-				var teasers = topics.map(function(topic, index) {
-					if (tidToPost[topic.tid]) {
-						tidToPost[topic.tid].index = counts[index];
+					postTools.parsePost(post, next);
+				}, function(err) {
+					if (err) {
+						return callback(err);
 					}
-					return tidToPost[topic.tid];
-				});
-
-				plugins.fireHook('filter:teasers.get', {teasers: teasers}, function(err, data) {
-					callback(err, data ? data.teasers : null);
+					var teasers = topics.map(function(topic, index) {
+						if (tidToPost[topic.tid]) {
+							tidToPost[topic.tid].index = counts[index];
+							if (tidToPost[topic.tid].content) {
+								var s = S(tidToPost[topic.tid].content);
+								tidToPost[topic.tid].content = s.stripTags.apply(s, utils.stripTags).s;
+							}
+						}
+						return tidToPost[topic.tid];
+					});
+
+					plugins.fireHook('filter:teasers.get', {teasers: teasers}, function(err, data) {
+						callback(err, data ? data.teasers : null);
+					});
 				});
 			});
 		});