diff --git a/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb b/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
index 7c6b2de63..1c4ab0fd4 100644
--- a/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
+++ b/app/furniture/journal/entry.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ class Entry < ApplicationRecord
     attribute :slug, :string
     validates :slug, uniqueness: {scope: :journal_id}
 
+    strip_attributes only: [:body, :headline, :slug]
+
     # FriendlyId does the legwork to make the slug uri-friendly
     extend FriendlyId
     friendly_id :headline, use: :scoped, scope: :journal
diff --git a/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb b/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
index 0e0d660fc..bde0cc87d 100644
--- a/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/furniture/journal/entry_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
   it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:headline) }
   it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:body) }
+  it { is_expected.to strip_attributes(:slug, :body, :headline) }
 
   describe "#to_html" do
     subject(:to_html) { entry.to_html }
diff --git a/spec/support/strip_attributes.rb b/spec/support/strip_attributes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3e0ca552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/strip_attributes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require "strip_attributes/matchers"
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.include StripAttributes::Matchers
+end