diff --git a/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/service/SocialService.java b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/service/SocialService.java
index 4df1a67..b620012 100644
--- a/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/service/SocialService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/service/SocialService.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import swiss.fihlon.apus.configuration.Configuration;
 import swiss.fihlon.apus.social.Message;
 import swiss.fihlon.apus.social.mastodon.MastodonAPI;
+import swiss.fihlon.apus.util.HtmlUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ private void updateMessages() {
                 .filter(message -> !blockedProfiles.contains(message.profile()))
                 .filter(message -> !filterSensitive || !message.isSensitive())
                 .filter(message -> !filterReplies || !message.isReply())
-                .filter(message -> filterLength <= 0 || Jsoup.parse(message.html()).text().length() <= filterLength)
+                .filter(message -> filterLength <= 0 || HtmlUtil.extractText(message.html()).length() <= filterLength)
                 .filter(this::checkWordFilter)
                 .toList();
         synchronized (this) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/ui/view/MessageView.java b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/ui/view/MessageView.java
index f8c2a8b..95d3c70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/ui/view/MessageView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/ui/view/MessageView.java
@@ -29,20 +29,12 @@
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Image;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.ocpsoft.prettytime.PrettyTime;
-import org.owasp.html.HtmlPolicyBuilder;
-import org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory;
 import swiss.fihlon.apus.social.Message;
+import swiss.fihlon.apus.util.HtmlUtil;
 
 @CssImport(value = "./themes/apus/views/message-view.css")
 public final class MessageView extends Div {
 
-    private static final PolicyFactory POLICY_FACTORY = new HtmlPolicyBuilder()
-            .allowElements("p", "br", "a", "b", "i", "u", "em", "strong", "mark", "code", "img")
-            .allowUrlProtocols("https")
-            .allowAttributes("href").onElements("a")
-            .allowAttributes("src").onElements("img")
-            .toFactory();
-
     public MessageView(@NotNull final Message message) {
         setId("message-" + message.id());
         addClassName("message-view");
@@ -70,7 +62,7 @@ private Component createAvatarComponent(@NotNull final Message message) {
     @NotNull
     private Component createTextComponent(@NotNull final Message message) {
         final String unsafeHtml = message.html();
-        final String saveHtml = POLICY_FACTORY.sanitize(unsafeHtml);
+        final String saveHtml = HtmlUtil.sanitize(unsafeHtml);
         return new Html(String.format("<div class=\"content\">%s</div>", saveHtml));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/util/HtmlUtil.java b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/util/HtmlUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..995f1be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/swiss/fihlon/apus/util/HtmlUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Apus - A social wall for conferences with additional features.
+ * Copyright (C) Marcus Fihlon and the individual contributors to Apus.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package swiss.fihlon.apus.util;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+import org.owasp.html.HtmlPolicyBuilder;
+import org.owasp.html.PolicyFactory;
+
+public final class HtmlUtil {
+
+    private static final PolicyFactory POLICY_FACTORY = new HtmlPolicyBuilder()
+            .allowElements("p", "br", "a", "b", "i", "u", "em", "strong", "mark", "code", "img")
+            .allowUrlProtocols("https")
+            .allowAttributes("href").onElements("a")
+            .allowAttributes("src").onElements("img")
+            .toFactory();
+
+    public static String sanitize(@NotNull final String html) {
+        return POLICY_FACTORY.sanitize(html);
+    }
+
+    public static String extractText(@NotNull final String html) {
+        return Jsoup.parse(html).text();
+    }
+
+    private HtmlUtil() {
+        throw new IllegalStateException("Utility class");
+    }
+
+}