diff --git a/config/pixelfed.php b/config/pixelfed.php
index 90f85d5e1..fcd67ee6e 100644
--- a/config/pixelfed.php
+++ b/config/pixelfed.php
@@ -278,4 +278,8 @@ return [
     ],
 
     'oauth_enabled' => env('OAUTH_ENABLED', false),
+
+    'sanitizer' => [
+        'strict_mode' => env('SANITIZER_STRICT', true)
+    ],
 ];
diff --git a/config/purify.php b/config/purify.php
index 5c09c28c6..409555d65 100644
--- a/config/purify.php
+++ b/config/purify.php
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ return [
         |
         */
 
-        'HTML.Allowed' => 'a[href|title|rel],p,strong,em,i,u,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,ul,ol,li,br',
+        'HTML.Allowed' => env('SANITIZER_STRICT', true) ? 
+            'a[href|title|rel],p,span,br' :
+            'a[href|title|rel],p,span,strong,em,i,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,ul,ol,li,br',
+
 
         /*
         |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -136,6 +139,23 @@ return [
             'nofollow'
         ],
 
+        'HTML.TargetBlank' => true,
+
+        'HTML.Nofollow' => true,
+
+        'URI.DefaultScheme' => 'https',
+
+        'URI.DisableExternalResources' => true,
+
+        'URI.DisableResources' => true,
+
+        'URI.AllowedSchemes' => [
+            'http' => true,
+            'https' => true,
+        ],
+
+        'URI.HostBlacklist' => config('costar.enabled') ? config('costar.domain.block') : [],
+
     ],
 
 ];
diff --git a/tests/Unit/PurifierTest.php b/tests/Unit/PurifierTest.php
index b6852c369..844467f2a 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/PurifierTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/PurifierTest.php
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ class PurifierTest extends TestCase
     public function puckTest()
     {
     	$actual = Purify::clean("<span class=\"fa-spin fa\">catgirl spinning around in the interblag</span>");
-    	$expected = 'catgirl spinning around in the interblag';
+    	$expected = '<span>catgirl spinning around in the interblag</span>';
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
 
     	$actual = Purify::clean("<p class=\"fa-spin fa\">catgirl spinning around in the interblag</p>");
     	$expected = '<p>catgirl spinning around in the interblag</p>';
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
+
+        $actual = Purify::clean('<a class="navbar-brand d-flex align-items-center" href="https://pixelfed.social" title="Logo"><img src="/img/pixelfed-icon-color.svg" height="30px" class="px-2"><span class="font-weight-bold mb-0 d-none d-sm-block" style="font-size:20px;">pixelfed</span></a>');
+        $expected = '<a href="https://pixelfed.social" title="Logo" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span>pixelfed</span></a>';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
     }
 }