diff --git a/poll/ctl.go b/poll/ctl.go
index a5760c7..09d8af5 100644
--- a/poll/ctl.go
+++ b/poll/ctl.go
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 )
 
 func startctl(reportPostChan chan ReportPost) {
-	p = bluemonday.NewPolicy()
-
 	log.Print("Starting ctl listener on 127.0.0.1:5555")
 	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:5555")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/poll/instance.go b/poll/instance.go
index e79b91f..ef13bf8 100644
--- a/poll/instance.go
+++ b/poll/instance.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"regexp"
 	"html"
 	"time"
 	"fmt"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var p *bluemonday.Policy
+var spaceReg *regexp.Regexp
 
 func PollMastodonPleroma(endpoint string, reportPostChan chan ReportPost) {
 	newposts := make([]ReportPost, 0)
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ func PollMastodonPleroma(endpoint string, reportPostChan chan ReportPost) {
 			newpost.posthash = posthash.Sum(nil)
 
 			newpost.normalized = html.UnescapeString(strings.ToLower(p.Sanitize(newpost.Content)))
+			newpost.normalized = strings.ReplaceAll(newpost.normalized, "\t", " ")
+			newpost.normalized = spaceReg.ReplaceAllString(newpost.normalized, " ")
 
 			// Validate time
 			t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, newpost.Created_at)
diff --git a/poll/main.go b/poll/main.go
index b33f8ae..de293b3 100644
--- a/poll/main.go
+++ b/poll/main.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
+	"regexp"
 	"log"
+	"github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday"
 )
 
 // Current instances
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	pool := get_db_pool()
 
+	p = bluemonday.NewPolicy()
+	spaceReg = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
 
 	go startctl(reportPostChan)