diff --git a/app/helpers/home_helper.rb b/app/helpers/home_helper.rb
index d521b517e..b8fb23361 100644
--- a/app/helpers/home_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/home_helper.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def discover_ontologies_button
   end
 
   def home_ontoportal_description
-    ontoportal_link = link_to("(#{$ONTOPORTAL_WEBSITE_LINK})", $ONTOPORTAL_WEBSITE_LINK, target: '_blank')
-    github_link = link_to("(#{$ONTOPORTAL_GITHUB_REPO})", $ONTOPORTAL_GITHUB_REPO, target: '_blank')
+    ontoportal_link = link_to("#{$ONTOPORTAL_WEBSITE_LINK}", $ONTOPORTAL_WEBSITE_LINK, target: '_blank')
+    github_link = link_to("#{$ONTOPORTAL_GITHUB_REPO}", $ONTOPORTAL_GITHUB_REPO, target: '_blank')
     content_tag(:div, t('home.ontoportal_description', ontoportal_link: ontoportal_link, github_link: github_link).html_safe, style: "margin-bottom: 20px")
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index 43fc5ff02..d6016cdcb 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
       .home-section-description
         .div
-          = home_ontoportal_description
+          = t('home.ontoportal_description').html_safe
       .home-support-items
         - $PORTALS_INSTANCES&.each do |portal|
           = portal_config_tooltip(portal[:name]) do