diff --git a/layouts/partials/cite.html b/layouts/partials/cite.html
index 58b9cb9..fb2d928 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/cite.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/cite.html
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 <!-- Optional parameter overrides (for nested citations) -->
 
-{{- $cite := default .Params.cite ( .Scratch.Get "cite" ) -}}
-{{- $title := default .Params.title ( .Scratch.Get "title" ) -}}
+{{- $cite := trim ( default .Params.cite ( .Scratch.Get "cite" ) | .Page.RenderString ) "\r\n" -}}
+{{- $title := trim ( default .Params.title ( .Scratch.Get "title" ) | .Page.RenderString ) "\r\n" -}}
 {{- $titleLang := default .Params.titleLang ( .Scratch.Get "titleLang" ) -}}
 {{- $titleTr := default .Params.titleTr ( .Scratch.Get "titleTr" ) -}}
 {{- $schemaType := default .Params.schemaType ( .Scratch.Get "schemaType" ) -}}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 {{- $itemType := default "CreativeWork" $schemaType -}}
 {{- if ( or ( in $.Site.Data.itemtypes $itemType ) ( eq .Params.suppress "true" ) ) -}}
   {{- with .Params.href -}}
-  <a href="{{ if eq . "asCite" }}{{ $cite }}{{ else }}{{ . }}{{ end }}">
+  <a href="{{- if eq . "asCite" -}}{{- $cite -}}{{- else -}}{{- . -}}{{- end -}}">
   {{- end -}}
     <cite
       class="cite{{ with .Params.citeStyle }} cite--{{ . }}{{ end }}"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       title="{{- $titleTr -}}"
       {{- end -}}>
       {{- with $cite -}}
-      <meta itemprop="url" content="{{ . }}">
+      <meta itemprop="url" content="{{- . -}}">
       {{- end -}}
       <span itemprop="name">
         {{- if $titleLang -}}