diff --git a/bin/doctor_karma.pl b/bin/doctor_karma.pl
index e84bc9b..269ede8 100755
--- a/bin/doctor_karma.pl
+++ b/bin/doctor_karma.pl
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 use JSON;
 
 use Mojo::URL;
+use Mojo::Util qw/xml_escape/;
 
 use DoctorKarma::Config;
 use DoctorKarma::Telegram;
@@ -80,11 +81,15 @@ sub show_karma {
 
     my $user_dao = DoctorKarma::DAO::User->new( dbh => $db );
     my $user     = $user_dao->recover_id( id => $user_id );
+    my $first_name = $user->first_name;
+    my $karma = $user->karma;
 
+    my $html_message = <<"EOF";
+<b>@{[xml_escape($first_name)]}</b> has @{[xml_escape($karma)]} points of karma.
+EOF
     $telegram->send_message(
         chat_id => $chat_id,
-        text    =>
-"*@{[$user->first_name]}* has @{[$user->karma =~ s/-/\\-/r]} points of karma\\."
+        text    => $html_message,
     );
 }
 
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ User @{[$sending_karma_user->first_name]}:@{[$sending_karma_user->username]}:@{[
 EOF
         $telegram->send_message(
             chat_id => $chat_id,
-            text    => 'You cannot substract karma to yourself'
+            text    => 'You cannot substract karma to yourself.'
         );
         return;
     }
@@ -121,10 +126,12 @@ EOF
     my $id_receptor           = $receiving_karma_user->id_user;
     my $receptor_telegram_url = Mojo::URL->new('tg://user');
     $receptor_telegram_url->query( id => $id_receptor );
+    my $first_name = $receiving_karma_user->first_name;
+    my $karma = $receiving_karma_user->karma;
     $telegram->send_message(
         chat_id => $chat_id,
         text    =>
-"[@{[$receiving_karma_user->first_name]}]($receptor_telegram_url) has now @{[$receiving_karma_user->karma =~ s/-/\\-/r]} of karma\\."
+"<b>@{[xml_escape($first_name)]}</b> has now @{[xml_escape($karma)]} of karma."
     );
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ User @{[$sending_karma_user->first_name]}:@{[$sending_karma_user->username]}:@{[
 EOF
         $telegram->send_message(
             chat_id => $chat_id,
-            text    => 'You cannot give karma to yourself'
+            text    => 'You cannot give karma to yourself.'
         );
         return;
     }
@@ -160,11 +167,12 @@ EOF
     $user_dao->add_1_karma( user => $receiving_karma_user );
     my $id_receptor           = $receiving_karma_user->id_user;
     my $receptor_telegram_url = Mojo::URL->new('tg://user');
-    $receptor_telegram_url->query( id => $id_receptor );
+    my $first_name = $receiving_karma_user->first_name;
+    my $karma = $receiving_karma_user->karma;
     $telegram->send_message(
         chat_id => $chat_id,
         text    =>
-"[@{[$receiving_karma_user->first_name]}]($receptor_telegram_url) has now @{[$receiving_karma_user->karma =~ s/-/\\-/r]} of karma\\."
+"<b>@{[xml_escape($first_name)]}</b> has now @{[xml_escape($karma)]} of karma."
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/DoctorKarma/Telegram.pm b/lib/DoctorKarma/Telegram.pm
index 63420b9..d83f2ad 100644
--- a/lib/DoctorKarma/Telegram.pm
+++ b/lib/DoctorKarma/Telegram.pm
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sub _user_agent {
             body   => {
                 chat_id    => $chat_id,
                 text       => $text,
-                parse_mode => 'MarkdownV2',
+                parse_mode => 'HTML',
             }
         );
         return $response->{result};