diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/index.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/index.html.slime
index 0f320c32..20acaba4 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/index.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/index.html.slime
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
       ' Issues? Want to chat?
       a href="/pages/contact" Contact us!
     .block.hide-mobile
-      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&sf=score&sd=desc"
+      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&sf=score&sd=desc"
         ' Trending Images
       .block__content.flex.flex--centered.flex--wrap.image-flex-grid
         = for image <- @top_scoring do
           = render PhilomenaWeb.ImageView, "_image_box.html", image: image, size: :thumb_small, conn: @conn
-      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=*&sf=score&sd=desc"
+      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=*&amp;sf=score&amp;sd=desc"
         ' All Time Top Scoring
     .block.hide-mobile
       a.block__header--single-item.center href="/channels"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         ' Recent Comments
       = for comment <- @comments do
         = render PhilomenaWeb.ActivityView, "_comment_strip.html", comment: comment, conn: @conn
-      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&sf=comment_count&sd=desc"
+      a.block__header--single-item.center href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&amp;sf=comment_count&amp;sd=desc"
         ' Most Commented-on Images
 
   .column-layout__main
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/_burger.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/_burger.html.slime
index fa07e918..a6e561ed 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/_burger.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/_burger.html.slime
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ nav#burger
   a href="/tags"
     i.fa.fa-fw.fa-tag<>
     ' Tags
-  a href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&sf=score&sd=desc"
+  a href="/search?q=first_seen_at.gt:3 days ago&amp;sf=score&amp;sd=desc"
     i.fas.fa-fw.fa-poll<>
     ' Rankings
   a href="/filters"
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime
index c97f2161..ae9a5c8f 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/layout/app.html.slime
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 doctype html
 html lang="en"
   head
-    meta charset="utf-8"
     meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"
     = viewport_meta_tag(@conn)
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
index 5c369521..82a8b301 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/layout_view.ex
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.LayoutView do
 
     data = Keyword.merge(data, extra)
 
-    tag(:div, class: "js-datastore", data: data)
+    content_tag(:div, "", class: "js-datastore", data: data)
   end
 
   def footer_data do