diff --git a/site/templates/pages/default.html b/site/templates/pages/default.html
index d2724d4..608c0ce 100644
--- a/site/templates/pages/default.html
+++ b/site/templates/pages/default.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html>
+<html lang="en-US">
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta name="description" content="{site.description}">
 <head>
     {templates.partials.default_css}
     {templates.partials.header}
