diff --git a/src/activitypub/fetcher/helpers.rs b/src/activitypub/fetcher/helpers.rs
index b00f423..6cec1d6 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/fetcher/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/fetcher/helpers.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub async fn get_or_import_profile_by_actor_id(
     let profile = match get_profile_by_actor_id(db_client, actor_id).await {
         Ok(profile) => profile,
         Err(DatabaseError::NotFound(_)) => {
-            let profile_data = fetch_profile_by_actor_id(
+            let mut profile_data = fetch_profile_by_actor_id(
                 instance, actor_id, media_dir,
             )
                 .await
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub async fn import_profile_by_actor_address(
     if actor_address.instance == instance.host() {
         return Err(ImportError::LocalObject);
     };
-    let profile_data = fetch_profile(
+    let mut profile_data = fetch_profile(
         instance,
         &actor_address.username,
         &actor_address.instance,
diff --git a/src/models/profiles/types.rs b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
index 5bbbfba..7f51f63 100644
--- a/src/models/profiles/types.rs
+++ b/src/models/profiles/types.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::utils::html::clean_html_strict;
 use super::validators::{
     validate_username,
     validate_display_name,
+    clean_bio,
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -153,9 +154,15 @@ pub struct ProfileCreateData {
 }
 
 impl ProfileCreateData {
-    pub fn clean(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+    pub fn clean(&mut self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
         validate_username(&self.username)?;
-        validate_display_name(self.display_name.as_ref())?;
+        if let Some(display_name) = &self.display_name {
+            validate_display_name(display_name)?;
+        };
+        if let Some(bio) = &self.bio {
+            let cleaned_bio = clean_bio(bio, self.actor_json.is_some())?;
+            self.bio = Some(cleaned_bio);
+        };
         Ok(())
     }
 }
@@ -172,8 +179,14 @@ pub struct ProfileUpdateData {
 
 impl ProfileUpdateData {
     pub fn clean(&mut self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
+        if let Some(display_name) = &self.display_name {
+            validate_display_name(display_name)?;
+        };
         // Validate and clean bio
-        self.bio = self.bio.as_ref().map(|val| clean_html_strict(val));
+        if let Some(bio) = &self.bio {
+            let cleaned_bio = clean_bio(bio, self.actor_json.is_some())?;
+            self.bio = Some(cleaned_bio);
+        };
         // Clean extra fields and remove fields with empty labels
         self.extra_fields = self.extra_fields.iter().cloned()
             .map(|mut field| {
diff --git a/src/models/profiles/validators.rs b/src/models/profiles/validators.rs
index 6580c0f..772fa0e 100644
--- a/src/models/profiles/validators.rs
+++ b/src/models/profiles/validators.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::errors::ValidationError;
+use crate::utils::html::{clean_html, clean_html_strict};
 
 pub fn validate_username(username: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
     if username.len() > 100 {
@@ -7,17 +8,31 @@ pub fn validate_username(username: &str) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn validate_display_name(display_name: Option<&String>)
+pub fn validate_display_name(display_name: &str)
     -> Result<(), ValidationError>
 {
-    if let Some(display_name) = display_name {
-        if display_name.len() > 200 {
-            return Err(ValidationError("display name is too long"));
-        };
+    if display_name.len() > 200 {
+        return Err(ValidationError("display name is too long"));
     };
     Ok(())
 }
 
+const BIO_MAX_SIZE: usize = 10000;
+
+pub fn clean_bio(bio: &str, is_remote: bool) -> Result<String, ValidationError> {
+    if bio.len() > BIO_MAX_SIZE {
+        return Err(ValidationError("bio is too long"));
+    };
+    let cleaned_bio = if is_remote {
+        // Remote profile
+        clean_html(bio)
+    } else {
+        // Local profile
+        clean_html_strict(bio)
+    };
+    Ok(cleaned_bio)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -32,15 +47,17 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_validate_display_name() {
-        let display_name = "test".to_string();
-        let result_1 = validate_display_name(Some(&display_name));
+        let result_1 = validate_display_name("test");
         assert!(result_1.is_ok());
 
-        let result_2 = validate_display_name(None);
-        assert!(result_2.is_ok());
+        let result_2 = validate_display_name(&"x".repeat(201));
+        assert!(result_2.is_err());
+    }
 
-        let display_name = "x".repeat(201);
-        let result_3 = validate_display_name(Some(&display_name));
-        assert!(result_3.is_err());
+    #[test]
+    fn test_clean_bio() {
+        let bio = "test\n<script>alert()</script>123";
+        let result = clean_bio(bio, true).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, "test\n123");
     }
 }