diff --git a/src/screens/reader/utils/sanitizeChapterText.ts b/src/screens/reader/utils/sanitizeChapterText.ts
index 343ccc76..47e49b65 100644
--- a/src/screens/reader/utils/sanitizeChapterText.ts
+++ b/src/screens/reader/utils/sanitizeChapterText.ts
@@ -9,33 +9,65 @@ export const sanitizeChapterText = (
 ): string => {
   const text = sanitizeHtml(html, {
     allowedTags: sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags.concat([
+      'html',
+      'head',
+      'body',
+      'link',
+      'style',
+      'meta',
+      'del',
+      'ins',
       'img',
-      'i',
-      'em',
-      'b',
-      'a',
-      'div',
-      'ol',
-      'li',
+      'audio',
+      'video',
+      'source',
+      'object',
+      'svg',
+      'math',
       'title',
       'details',
       'summary',
       'ref',
     ]),
     allowedAttributes: {
-      '*': ['data-*'],
-      a: ['href', 'class', 'id'],
-      div: ['class', 'id'],
-      img: ['src', 'class', 'id'],
+      '*': [
+        'data-*',
+        'class',
+        'id',
+        'lang',
+        'dir',
+        'title',
+        'epub:type',
+        'role',
+        'aria-label',
+        'aria-labelledby',
+        'aria-describedby',
+      ],
+      a: ['href', 'name', 'target'],
+      img: ['src', 'srcset', 'alt', 'width', 'height', 'loading'],
       ol: ['reversed', 'start', 'type'],
-      p: ['class', 'id'],
-      span: ['class', 'id'],
-      ref: ['href', 'class', 'id'],
+      ul: ['type'],
+      li: ['value'],
+      p: ['align'],
+      ref: ['href'],
+      blockquote: ['cite'],
+      table: ['border', 'cellpadding', 'cellspacing', 'width', 'summary'],
+      td: ['colspan', 'rowspan', 'align', 'valign'],
+      th: ['colspan', 'rowspan', 'align', 'valign', 'scope'],
+      audio: ['src', 'controls'],
+      video: ['src', 'controls', 'width', 'height'],
+      source: ['src', 'type', 'srcset'],
+      svg: ['width', 'height', 'viewBox', 'xmlns'],
+      q: ['cite'],
+      time: ['datetime'],
+      del: ['cite', 'datetime'],
+      ins: ['cite', 'datetime'],
+      link: ['rel', 'type', 'href', 'media'],
+      meta: ['charset', 'name', 'content', 'http-equiv'],
     },
     allowedSchemes: ['data', 'http', 'https', 'file'],
   });
 
-  // Return the sanitized and updated HTML or an error message
   return (
     text ||
     getString('readerScreen.emptyChapterMessage', {