diff --git a/mcstatus/pinger.py b/mcstatus/pinger.py
index c683905..8b2fe83 100644
--- a/mcstatus/pinger.py
+++ b/mcstatus/pinger.py
@@ -253,10 +253,13 @@ class PingResponse:
         for entry in entries:
             for style_key, style_val in STYLE_MAP.items():
                 if entry.get(style_key):
-                    if isinstance(style_val, dict):
-                        style_val = style_val[entry[style_key]]
+                    try:
+                        if isinstance(style_val, dict):
+                            style_val = style_val[entry[style_key]]
 
-                    description += f"§{style_val}"
+                        description += f"§{style_val}"
+                    except KeyError:
+                        pass  # ignoring these key errors strips out html color codes
             description += entry.get("text", "")
 
         return description + end
diff --git a/mcstatus/tests/test_pinger.py b/mcstatus/tests/test_pinger.py
index cb7022d..cafc259 100644
--- a/mcstatus/tests/test_pinger.py
+++ b/mcstatus/tests/test_pinger.py
@@ -110,6 +110,65 @@ class TestPingResponse:
                 }
             )
 
+    def test_parse_description_strips_html_color_codes(self):
+        out = PingResponse._parse_description(
+            {
+                "extra": [
+                    {"text": " "},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#b3eeff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#b9ecff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#c0eaff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#c7e8ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#cee6ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#d5e4ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#dce2ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#e3e0ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#eadeff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f1dcff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f8daff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#ffd9ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f4dcff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f9daff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#ffd9ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"color": "white", "text": " "},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#66ff99", "text": "C"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#75f5a2", "text": "r"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#84ebab", "text": "e"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#93e2b4", "text": "a"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#a3d8bd", "text": "t"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#b2cfc6", "text": "i"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#c1c5cf", "text": "v"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#d1bbd8", "text": "e"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#e0b2e1", "text": "F"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#efa8ea", "text": "u"},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#ff9ff4", "text": "n "},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#b3eeff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#b9ecff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#c0eaff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#c7e8ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#cee6ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#d5e4ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#dce2ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#e3e0ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#eadeff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f1dcff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f8daff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#ffd9ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f4dcff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#f9daff", "text": "="},
+                    {"strikethrough": True, "color": "#ffd9ff", "text": "="},
+                    {"color": "white", "text": " \n "},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#E5E5E5", "text": "The server has been updated to "},
+                    {"bold": True, "color": "#97ABFF", "text": "1.17.1"},
+                ],
+                "text": "",
+            }
+        )
+        assert (
+            out
+            == " ===============§f §lC§lr§le§la§lt§li§lv§le§lF§lu§ln ===============§f \n §lThe server has been updated to §l1.17.1"
+        )
+
     def test_parse_description(self):
         out = PingResponse._parse_description("test §2description")
         assert out == "test §2description"