diff --git a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
index e8207a71..d32d94d5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
+++ b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function parseHtml(preview, res, client) {
 				preview.type = "link";
 				preview.head =
 					$('meta[property="og:title"]').attr("content")
-					|| $("title").text()
+					|| $("head > title, title").first().text()
 					|| "";
 				preview.body =
 					$('meta[property="og:description"]').attr("content")
diff --git a/test/plugins/link.js b/test/plugins/link.js
index eb1ccee7..6fd5cdca 100644
--- a/test/plugins/link.js
+++ b/test/plugins/link.js
@@ -72,7 +72,25 @@ describe("Link plugin", function() {
 		});
 
 		this.irc.once("msg:preview", function(data) {
-			expect(data.preview.head, "opengraph test");
+			expect(data.preview.head).to.equal("opengraph test");
+			done();
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("should find only the first matching tag", function(done) {
+		const message = this.irc.createMessage({
+			text: "http://localhost:9002/duplicate-tags",
+		});
+
+		link(this.irc, this.network.channels[0], message);
+
+		app.get("/duplicate-tags", function(req, res) {
+			res.send("<title>test</title><title>magnifying glass icon</title><meta name='description' content='desc1'><meta name='description' content='desc2'>");
+		});
+
+		this.irc.once("msg:preview", function(data) {
+			expect(data.preview.head).to.equal("test");
+			expect(data.preview.body).to.equal("desc1");
 			done();
 		});
 	});