diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/image.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/image.html
index df51c0e..402c3d9 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/image.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/image.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- $img := resources.Get .path }}
 {{- $img = $img.Resize (printf "%dx%d webp" $img.Width $img.Height) }}
-<img src="{{ $img.Permalink }}" alt="{{ .alt | default " " }}" width="{{ .width | default $img.Width }}"
+<img src="{{ $img.Permalink }}" alt="{{ .alt | default "" }}" width="{{ .width | default $img.Width }}"
   height="{{ .height | default $img.Height }}" {{- if .class}}class="{{ .class }}" {{end}}
-  {{- if .style}}style="{{ .style | safeCSS | default " " }}" {{end}} />
\ No newline at end of file
+  {{- if .style}}style="{{ .style | safeCSS }}" {{end}} />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/meta-tags.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/meta-tags.html
index de3b1f7..e9da70c 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/meta-tags.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/partials/meta-tags.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 {{- $img := resources.Get .Params.cover }}
 {{- $img = $img.Resize (printf "%dx%d png" $img.Width $img.Height) }}
 <meta name="twitter:image" content="{{ $img.Permalink }}" />
-<meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="{{ .Params.title | plainify | default " " }}" />
+<meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="{{ .Params.title | plainify }}" />
 {{- end }}
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ .Title }}" />
 <meta name="twitter:description"
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/list.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/list.html
index 491c59b..c20eb80 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/list.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/list.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
             </div>
             {{- if .Params.Cover }}
             <figure class="portfolio-cover">
-                {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify | default " ")) }}
+                {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify)) }}
 
                 {{- if .Params.CoverCaption }}
                 <figcaption class="center">{{ .Params.CoverCaption | markdownify }}</figcaption>
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/single.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/single.html
index b87be5a..a3ce200 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/single.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/portfolio/single.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     {{- end }}
 
     {{- if .Params.Cover }}
-    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify | default " ") "class" "portfolio-cover") }}
+    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify) "class" "portfolio-cover") }}
     {{- end }}
 
     <div class="portfolio-content">
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/posts/single.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/posts/single.html
index be38198..da0abc6 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/posts/single.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/posts/single.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     {{- end }}
 
     {{- if .Params.Cover }}
-    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify | default " ") "class" "post-cover") }}
+    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify) "class" "post-cover") }}
     {{- end }}
 
     <div class="post-content">
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
index 56754bf..36a7225 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       alt="{{ with .Get "alt" }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ .Get "caption" | markdownify| plainify }}{{ end }}" {{- end -}}
       width="{{ .Get "width" | default $img.Width }}" height="{{ .Get "height" | default $img.Height }}" />
     {{- else }}
-    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" (.Get "src") "alt" (or (.Get "alt") (.Get "caption" | markdownify | plainify) | default " ") "width" (.Get "width") "height" (.Get "height")) }}
+    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" (.Get "src") "alt" (or (.Get "alt") (.Get "caption" | markdownify | plainify)) "width" (.Get "width") "height" (.Get "height")) }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Get "link" }}</a>{{ end -}}
   {{- if or (or (.Get "title") (.Get "caption")) (.Get "attr") -}}
diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/image.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/image.html
index 4dce1a9..6052787 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/image.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/shortcodes/image.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {{- if .Get "src" }}
-{{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" (.Get "src") "alt" (.Get "alt" | plainify | default " ") "style" (.Get "style" | safeCSS | default " ") )}}
+{{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" (.Get "src") "alt" (.Get "alt" | plainify) "style" (.Get "style" | safeCSS) )}}
 {{- end }}
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diff --git a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/writeups/single.html b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/writeups/single.html
index be38198..da0abc6 100644
--- a/themes/maik-blog/layouts/writeups/single.html
+++ b/themes/maik-blog/layouts/writeups/single.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     {{- end }}
 
     {{- if .Params.Cover }}
-    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify | default " ") "class" "post-cover") }}
+    {{- partial "image.html" (dict "path" .Params.Cover "alt" (.Title | plainify) "class" "post-cover") }}
     {{- end }}
 
     <div class="post-content">