diff --git a/telegram-send.sh b/telegram-send.sh
index 5562c6a..f403afe 100755
--- a/telegram-send.sh
+++ b/telegram-send.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CHAT=$(egrep -v '^#' "$CHATFILE")
 
 msg="$*"
 
-res=$(curl -s --data "text=$msg" --data "chat_id=$CHAT" 'https://api.telegram.org/bot'$TOKEN'/sendMessage' 2>&1)
+res=$(curl -s --data "text=$msg" --data "chat_id=$CHAT" --data "parse_mode=markdown" 'https://api.telegram.org/bot'$TOKEN'/sendMessage' 2>&1)
 rv=$?
 [[ $rv -ne 0 ]] && fatal "curl failed"
 status=$(jq -r .ok <<<"${res}")