diff --git a/html_generator.py b/html_generator.py
index 7e4f8b4b..04224170 100644
--- a/html_generator.py
+++ b/html_generator.py
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ def generate_chat_html(history, name1, name2):
         img = ''
 
     for row in history[::-1]:
+        row = list(row)
+        row[0] = re.sub(r"[\\]*\*", r"*", row[0])
+        row[1] = re.sub(r"[\\]*\*", r"*", row[1])
+        row[0] = re.sub(r"(\*)([^\*]*)(\*)", r"<em>\2</em>", row[0])
+        row[1] = re.sub(r"(\*)([^\*]*)(\*)", r"<em>\2</em>", row[1])
         p = '\n'.join([f"<p>{x}</p>" for x in row[1].split('\n')])
         output += f"""
               <div class="message">