diff --git a/includes/activitypub/transformer/class-gatherpress.php b/includes/activitypub/transformer/class-gatherpress.php
index 81f2f22..397125c 100644
--- a/includes/activitypub/transformer/class-gatherpress.php
+++ b/includes/activitypub/transformer/class-gatherpress.php
@@ -158,13 +158,9 @@ final class GatherPress extends Event {
 	 * @return string $summary The custom event summary.
 	 */
 	public function get_summary(): string {
-		if ( $this->wp_object->excerpt ) {
-			$excerpt = $this->wp_object->post_excerpt;
-		} elseif ( get_post_meta( $this->wp_object->ID, 'event-summary', true ) ) {
-			$excerpt = get_post_meta( $this->wp_object->ID, 'event-summary', true );
-		} else {
-			$excerpt = $this->get_content();
-		}
+		$excerpt = $this->wp_object->post_excerpt
+			       ?: get_post_meta( $this->wp_object->ID, 'event-summary', true )
+				   ?: $this->get_content();
 
 		$address           = get_post_meta( $this->wp_object->ID, 'event-location', true );
 		$start_time        = get_post_meta( $this->wp_object->ID, 'event-start-date', true );