diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index a47aa789d..b1bb72540 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
     
     <title>{{ site.title }}{% if page.title and page.title != "" %} &mdash; {{ page.title }}{% endif %}</title>
 
+    {% if site.description %}<meta name="description" content="{{ site.description }}">{% endif %}  
+
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ '/assets/css/main.css' | absolute_url }}?{{ site.time | date: '%s%N' }}">
 
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="{{ site.icon }}">
diff --git a/_sass/_font.scss b/_sass/_font.scss
index 063480c79..21710e5be 100644
--- a/_sass/_font.scss
+++ b/_sass/_font.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   font-family: 'EB Garamond';
   font-style: normal;
   font-weight: 400;
+  font-display: auto;
   src: url('#{$asset_url}/fonts/eb-garamond-v9-latin-regular.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */
   src: local('EB Garamond Regular'), local('EBGaramond-Regular'),
        url('#{$asset_url}/fonts/eb-garamond-v9-latin-regular.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */