diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
index 2b525c509..860209bf4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ export const saveEmail = async (
     originalHtml: input.originalContent,
     content: content,
     description: metadata?.description || parseResult.parsedContent?.excerpt,
-    title: parseResult.parsedContent?.title || title,
-    author: parseResult.parsedContent?.byline || input.author,
+    title: metadata?.title || parseResult.parsedContent?.title || title,
+    author:
+      metadata?.author || parseResult.parsedContent?.byline || input.author,
     url: normalizeUrl(parseResult.canonicalUrl || url, {
       stripHash: true,
       stripWWW: false,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
index 8cb1aeade..54080c4f6 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/parser.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ const getJSONLdLinkMetadata = async (
 }
 
 type Metadata = {
+  title?: string
+  author?: string
   description: string
   previewImage: string
 }
@@ -368,7 +370,20 @@ export const parseMetadata = async (
         .querySelector("head meta[property='og:image']")
         ?.getAttribute('content') || ''
 
-    return { description: description, previewImage: previewImage }
+    const title =
+      window.document
+        .querySelector("head meta[property='og:title']")
+        ?.getAttribute('content') || undefined
+
+    const author =
+      window.document
+        .querySelector("head meta[property='author']")
+        ?.getAttribute('content') || undefined
+
+    // TODO: we should be able to apply the JSONLD metadata
+    // here too
+
+    return { title, author, description, previewImage }
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('failed to got:', url, e)
     return undefined