diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 733173484f7..7ce97e517f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
- Add Spanish translations to `text.yml`. [#300](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/pull/300)
### Fixed
+- Fix site title and description for page's with a hero image assigned with `page.image`. [#322](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/issues/322)
- Correct stylesheet path in documentation. [#309](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/pull/309)
- Clarify where to customize SCSS variables in `/assets/css/main.scss`. [#293](https://github.com/mmistakes/so-simple-theme/pull/293)
diff --git a/_includes/masthead.html b/_includes/masthead.html
index 917fba421be..7700235bce0 100644
--- a/_includes/masthead.html
+++ b/_includes/masthead.html
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
{% endif %}
- {% unless page.image.path %}
+ {% assign page_image = page.image.path | default: page.image %}
+ {% unless page_image %}
{{ site.description }}
{% endunless %}