diff --git a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
index 8d1b7bd..831cb18 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module Jekyll
                 elsif site_social["name"]
                   format_string site_social["name"]
                 elsif site_title
-                  format_string site_title
+                  site_title
                 end
       end