diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Placeholder.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Placeholder.svelte
index ac5f8dce1..cdcb7784e 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Placeholder.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Placeholder.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	import { blur, fade } from 'svelte/transition';
 
 	import Suggestions from '../MessageInput/Suggestions.svelte';
+	import { sanitizeResponseContent } from '$lib/utils';
 
 	const i18n = getContext('i18n');
 
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@
 						<div
 							class="mt-0.5 text-base font-normal text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 line-clamp-3 markdown"
 						>
-							{@html marked.parse(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description)}
+							{@html marked.parse(
+								sanitizeResponseContent(models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.description)
+							)}
 						</div>
 						{#if models[selectedModelIdx]?.info?.meta?.user}
 							<div class="mt-0.5 text-sm font-normal text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500">
diff --git a/src/lib/components/chat/ModelSelector/Selector.svelte b/src/lib/components/chat/ModelSelector/Selector.svelte
index 6c27174ae..dd1026698 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/chat/ModelSelector/Selector.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/chat/ModelSelector/Selector.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import { DropdownMenu } from 'bits-ui';
+	import { marked } from 'marked';
 
 	import { flyAndScale } from '$lib/utils/transitions';
 	import { createEventDispatcher, onMount, getContext, tick } from 'svelte';
@@ -333,9 +334,12 @@
 
 								{#if item.model?.info?.meta?.description}
 									<Tooltip
-										content={`${sanitizeResponseContent(
-											item.model?.info?.meta?.description
-										).replaceAll('\n', '<br>')}`}
+										content={`${marked.parse(
+											sanitizeResponseContent(item.model?.info?.meta?.description).replaceAll(
+												'\n',
+												'<br>'
+											)
+										)}`}
 									>
 										<div class="">
 											<svg
diff --git a/src/lib/components/common/Tooltip.svelte b/src/lib/components/common/Tooltip.svelte
index 2b8eefc51..b8c2e1cd2 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/common/Tooltip.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/common/Tooltip.svelte
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 			tooltipInstance.setContent(content);
 		} else {
 			tooltipInstance = tippy(tooltipElement, {
-				content: marked.parse(content),
+				content: content,
 				placement: placement,
 				allowHTML: true,
 				touch: touch