diff --git a/utils/PlanningEventManager.js b/utils/PlanningEventManager.js
index db67157..52d53e2 100644
--- a/utils/PlanningEventManager.js
+++ b/utils/PlanningEventManager.js
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ export default class PlanningEventManager {
         return formattedStr
     }
 
-    static isDescriptionEmpty (description: string) {
+    static isDescriptionEmpty (description: ?string) {
         if (description !== undefined && description !== null) {
             return description
-                .replace('<p>', '')
-                .replace('</p>', '')
-                .replace('<br>', '').trim() === '';
+                .split('<p>').join('') // Equivalent to a replace all
+                .split('</p>').join('')
+                .split('<br>').join('').trim() === '';
         } else
             return true;
     }
diff --git a/utils/__test__/PlanningEventManager.test.js b/utils/__test__/PlanningEventManager.test.js
index 8451850..6c30d50 100644
--- a/utils/__test__/PlanningEventManager.test.js
+++ b/utils/__test__/PlanningEventManager.test.js
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ import PlanningEventManager from "../PlanningEventManager";
 
 test('isDescriptionEmpty', () => {
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("")).toBeTrue();
+    expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("   ")).toBeTrue();
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p></p>")).toBeTrue();
+    expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p>   </p>")).toBeTrue();
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p><br></p>")).toBeTrue();
+    expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p><br></p><p><br></p>")).toBeTrue();
+    expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p><br><br><br></p>")).toBeTrue();
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty("<p><br>")).toBeTrue();
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty(null)).toBeTrue();
     expect(PlanningEventManager.isDescriptionEmpty(undefined)).toBeTrue();