diff --git a/src/js/Item.ts b/src/js/Item.ts
index d211d9a..a926712 100644
--- a/src/js/Item.ts
+++ b/src/js/Item.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {ModelAttributes} from './galleries/AbstractGallery';
+import {sanitizeHtml} from "./Utility";
 
 export declare interface ItemOptions {
     lightbox?: boolean;
@@ -8,12 +9,6 @@ export declare interface ItemOptions {
     showLabels?: 'hover' | 'never' | 'always';
 }
 
-export interface ItemTitle {
-    title: string;
-    link: string;
-    linkTarget: '_blank' | '_self' | '_parent' | '_top';
-}
-
 export type ItemActivateEventDetail<Model extends ModelAttributes> = {
     clickEvent: MouseEvent;
     item: Item<Model>;
@@ -72,7 +67,6 @@ export class Item<Model extends ModelAttributes> {
 
     /**
      *
-     * @param {ItemOptions} options
      * @param model Contains the source data given for an item (e.g object instance from database with id etc..)
      */
     public constructor(
@@ -80,16 +74,7 @@ export class Item<Model extends ModelAttributes> {
         private readonly options: ItemOptions,
         public readonly model: Model,
     ) {
-        this.title = this.getTitleDetails(model.title);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Cleans html, and returns only the text from all eventual tags
-     * @param {string} term
-     * @returns {ItemTitle}
-     */
-    private getTitleDetails(term: string | undefined): string {
-        return term ? term.replace(/<(?!\s*br\s*\/?)[^>]+>/gi, '') : '';
+        this.title = sanitizeHtml(model.title);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/js/Utility.ts b/src/js/Utility.ts
index 7aa3af8..27284bc 100644
--- a/src/js/Utility.ts
+++ b/src/js/Utility.ts
@@ -51,3 +51,10 @@ export function getImageRatioAndIfCropped(model: SizedModel, ratioLimits?: Ratio
 
     return {ratio: ratio, cropped: cropped};
 }
+
+/**
+ * Cleans HTML, and returns only the plain text and `<br>` from all eventual tags
+ */
+export function sanitizeHtml(term: string | undefined): string {
+    return term ? term.replace(/<(?!\s*br\s*\/?)[^>]*>/gi, '') : '';
+}
diff --git a/testing/unit/utility.spec.ts b/testing/unit/utility.spec.ts
index 6540ff8..e89052b 100644
--- a/testing/unit/utility.spec.ts
+++ b/testing/unit/utility.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {getIcon, getImageRatio} from '../../src/js/Utility';
+import {getIcon, getImageRatio, sanitizeHtml} from '../../src/js/Utility';
 import * as domino from 'domino';
 
 describe('Utility', () => {
@@ -26,3 +26,40 @@ describe('Utility', () => {
         expect(svg.outerHTML).toBe('<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100"><use xlink:href="#my-name"></use></svg>');
     });
 });
+
+describe('sanitizeHtml', () => {
+
+    test('should not touch plain text and <br>', () => {
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('')).toBe('');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml(' ')).toBe(' ');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo')).toBe('foo');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('one > two > three')).toBe('one > two > three');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <br/>bar')).toBe('foo <br/>bar');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <br />bar')).toBe('foo <br />bar');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <br>bar')).toBe('foo <br>bar');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <BR>bar')).toBe('foo <BR>bar');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <br >bar')).toBe('foo <br >bar');
+    });
+
+    test('should remove most HTML tag', () => {
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<strong>')).toBe('');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<strong></strong>')).toBe('');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <strong>bar</strong> baz')).toBe('foo bar baz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <unknown-tag>bar</unknown-tag> baz')).toBe('foo bar baz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <unknown-tag attr="val">bar</unknown-tag> baz')).toBe('foo bar baz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo <unknown-tag \n attr="val">bar</unknown-tag> baz')).toBe('foo bar baz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('foo \n<unknown-tag \nattr="val">bar\n</unknown-tag> \nbaz')).toBe('foo \nbar\n \nbaz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<STRONG>foo<STRONG> <strong>bar</strong> <em>baz</em>')).toBe('foo bar baz');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<strong>one</strong> > two > three')).toBe('one > two > three');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<scrip<script>is removed</script>t>alert(123)</script>')).toBe('is removedt>alert(123)'); // Broken but safe HTML
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('<!<!--- comment --->>')).toBe('>'); // Broken but safe HTML
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('a<>b')).toBe('ab');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('a</>b')).toBe('ab');
+        expect(sanitizeHtml('a<>b</>c')).toBe('abc');
+        expect(
+            sanitizeHtml(`<div
+        >foo</
+        div>`),
+        ).toBe('foo');
+    });
+});