1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index ce6b042..0beab92 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class Markup(object):
 
     def prettify_text(self, text):
         html = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', text)
-        html = re.sub(r"/(\w+)/", '<em>\\1</em>', html)
-        html = re.sub(r"\*(\w+)\*", '<strong>\\1</strong>', html)
+        html = re.sub(r"/([\w ]+)/", '<em>\\1</em>', html)
+        html = re.sub(r"\*([\w ]+)\*", '<strong>\\1</strong>', html)
         html = re.sub(r"#(\w+)", '<a href="/?filter=' +
                       self.tagmark + '\\1">#\\1</a>', html)
         html = html.replace("\n", "<br />")