diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c78b46..0d44081 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ To add a footnote to the footer, create a public folder in your application and
 }
 ```
 
+> The footnote information may include HTML like `<a href="https://foo.bar">My Link</a>` which will be sanitized.
+
 ### Add a help page with explanations
 To add a help page, create a public folder in your application and put a `messages.json` in it.
 ```json
@@ -252,6 +254,8 @@ To add a help page, create a public folder in your application and put a `messag
 }
 ```
 
+> The information in `description`s  for `rings` and `quadrants` as well as the `values` for `paragraphs` may include HTML like `<a href="https://foo.bar">My Link</a>` which will be sanitized.
+
 > For more information see the source code of the [Messages Context](./src/context/MessagesContext/index.tsx).
 
 ## Development
diff --git a/src/components/Footer/Footer.tsx b/src/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
index 6ca1fdb..243319a 100644
--- a/src/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Footer/Footer.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { assetUrl, getItemPageNames, isMobileViewport } from "../../config";
 import { Item } from "../../model";
 import "./footer.scss";
 import { useMessages } from "../../context/MessagesContext";
+import { sanitize } from "../../sanitize";
 
 interface Props {
   items: Item[];
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ const Footer: React.FC<Props> = ({ items, pageName }) => {
             />
           }
         >
-          <span className="footnote">{footerFootnote}</span>
+          <div className="footnote" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(footerFootnote)}></div>
         </Branding>
       )}
 
diff --git a/src/components/PageHelp/PageHelp.tsx b/src/components/PageHelp/PageHelp.tsx
index f967000..50e4294 100644
--- a/src/components/PageHelp/PageHelp.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PageHelp/PageHelp.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 import React from "react";
-import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html';
 import HeroHeadline from "../HeroHeadline/HeroHeadline";
 import Fadeable from "../Fadeable/Fadeable";
 import SetTitle from "../SetTitle";
 import { radarName } from "../../config";
 import { useMessages } from "../../context/MessagesContext";
+import { sanitize } from "../../sanitize";
 
 interface Props {
   leaving: boolean;
   onLeave: () => void;
 }
 
-const sanitize = (dirty: string, options: sanitizeHtml.IOptions = {}) => ({
-  __html: sanitizeHtml(
-    dirty,
-    options
-  )
-});
-
 const PageHelp: React.FC<Props> = ({ leaving, onLeave }) => {
   const { pageHelp } = useMessages();
 
@@ -34,12 +27,7 @@ const PageHelp: React.FC<Props> = ({ leaving, onLeave }) => {
                 <h3>{headline}</h3>
                 {values.map((element, index) => {
                   return (
-                    <p key={index} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(element, {
-                      allowedTags: ['b', 'i', 'em', 'strong', 'a', 'ul', 'ol', 'li'],
-                      allowedAttributes: {
-                        'a': ['href', 'target']
-                      },
-                    })}></p>
+                    <p key={index} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(element)}></p>
                   )
                 })
               }
@@ -50,7 +38,7 @@ const PageHelp: React.FC<Props> = ({ leaving, onLeave }) => {
           <ul>
             {quadrants.map(({ name, description }) => (
               <li key={name}>
-                <strong>{name}:</strong> <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(description)}></span>
+                <strong>{name}:</strong> <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(description, {})}></span>
               </li>
             ))}
           </ul>
@@ -59,7 +47,7 @@ const PageHelp: React.FC<Props> = ({ leaving, onLeave }) => {
           <ul>
             {rings.map(({ name, description }) => (
               <li key={name}>
-                <strong>{name}:</strong> <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(description)}></span>
+                <strong>{name}:</strong> <span dangerouslySetInnerHTML={sanitize(description, {})}></span>
               </li>
             ))}
           </ul>
diff --git a/src/sanitize.test.tsx b/src/sanitize.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51a0fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sanitize.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { sanitize } from "./sanitize";
+
+describe("sanitize", () => {
+  it("should sanitize the string input to HTML output", () => {
+    let res = sanitize('foo');
+    expect(res.__html).toEqual("foo");
+    res = sanitize('<a href="https://example.org">Example.org</a>');
+    expect(res.__html).toEqual("<a href=\"https://example.org\">Example.org</a>");
+  });
+  it("should not sanitize not allowed tags", () => {
+    let res = sanitize('Before <iframe src="https://example.org"></iframe> After');
+    expect(res.__html).toEqual("Before  After");
+  });
+  it("should accept options for rendering", () => {
+    let res = sanitize('<a href="https://example.org" target="_blank">Example.org</a>', { allowedAttributes: { a: ['href']}});
+    expect(res.__html).toEqual("<a href=\"https://example.org\">Example.org</a>");
+  });
+});
+
+
diff --git a/src/sanitize.ts b/src/sanitize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c01e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sanitize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html';
+
+const defaultSanitizeOptions = {
+  allowedTags: ['b', 'i', 'em', 'strong', 'a', 'ul', 'ol', 'li'],
+  allowedAttributes: {
+    'a': ['href', 'target']
+  }
+}
+
+export const sanitize = (dirty: string, options: sanitizeHtml.IOptions = defaultSanitizeOptions) => ({
+  __html: sanitizeHtml(
+    dirty,
+    options
+  )
+});