diff --git a/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
index 5c1e1f0..f2182bd 100644
--- a/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
+++ b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // get excerpt, not decoded, newlines collapsed
 module.exports = (post) => {
-  const excerpt = post.data.encoded[1].replace(/[(\r\n|\n|\r)]/gm, " ");
+  const excerpt = post.data.encoded[1].replace(/[\r\n]+/gm, ' ');
   return excerpt;
 };