diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f670a096..94814f21 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)", "win-inet-pton"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "royalnet"
-version = "6.5.0"
+version = "6.5.4"
 description = "A multipurpose bot framework"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@ requests = [
     {file = "requests-2.25.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:27973dd4a904a4f13b263a19c866c13b92a39ed1c964655f025f3f8d3d75b804"},
 ]
 royalnet = [
-    {file = "royalnet-6.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1c1f0ddb4891d1951bd8fe2e9a4139cc5b3a039d9b2318c0cabd489dc2253ee3"},
-    {file = "royalnet-6.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dc4e5a284e8e2f36f259b5fe88e36a5947984c78600fd22e695e62277c787951"},
+    {file = "royalnet-6.5.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:68d30fdd00653a5e79eab2b22a8c5bb16103e08e8674ec8f4b13ff1bdf1d33d2"},
+    {file = "royalnet-6.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fbab17b911c2ee200c0f7bfd5d2bcc4d1d3f9771b41ab64a848a08cdd464e3d8"},
 ]
 rsa = [
     {file = "rsa-4.7.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:78f9a9bf4e7be0c5ded4583326e7461e3a3c5aae24073648b4bdfa797d78c9d2"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d3dcee8..7366b159 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "royalnet-telethon"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 description = "A Telethon-based frontend for the royalnet.engineer module."
 authors = ["Stefano Pigozzi <me@steffo.eu>"]
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/royalnet_telethon/bullet/contents/__init__.py b/royalnet_telethon/bullet/contents/__init__.py
index 6dd23016..c8b44ee1 100644
--- a/royalnet_telethon/bullet/contents/__init__.py
+++ b/royalnet_telethon/bullet/contents/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import telethon.tl.types as tlt
 import telethon.tl.custom as tlc
 import async_property as ap
 import datetime
+from royalnet_telethon.formatting import tg_html_format
 
 
 class TelegramMessage(co.Message):
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class TelegramMessage(co.Message):
     async def reply(self, *,
                     text: str = None,
                     files: t.List[t.BinaryIO] = None) -> t.Optional[TelegramMessage]:
-        sent = await self._msg.reply(message=text, file=files)
+        sent = await self._msg.reply(message=tg_html_format(text), file=files, parse_mode="HTML")
         return TelegramMessage(msg=sent)
 
 
@@ -59,7 +60,12 @@ class TelegramChannel(co.Channel):
     async def send_message(self, *,
                            text: str = None,
                            files: t.List[t.BinaryIO] = None) -> t.Optional[TelegramMessage]:
-        sent = await self._client.send_message(self._channel, message=text, file=files)
+        sent = await self._client.send_message(
+            self._channel,
+            message=tg_html_format(text),
+            file=files,
+            parse_mode="HTML"
+        )
         return TelegramMessage(msg=sent)
 
 
diff --git a/royalnet_telethon/formatting.py b/royalnet_telethon/formatting.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5242662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/royalnet_telethon/formatting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+def tg_html_format(string: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Format a string as Telegram HTML.
+
+    The following characters will be considered control characters:
+    - ``\uE01B``: start bold
+    - ``\uE00B``: end bold
+    - ``\uE011``: start italic
+    - ``\uE001``: end italic
+    - ``\uE012``: start underline
+    - ``\uE002``: end underline
+    - ``\uE015``: start strike
+    - ``\uE005``: end strike
+    - ``\uE01C``: start single-line code
+    - ``\uE00C``: end single-line code
+    - ``\uE01D``: start multi-line code
+    - ``\uE00D``: end multi-line code
+
+    :param string: The string to format.
+    :return: The formatted string.
+
+    .. warning:: For now, this is a Telethon implementation detail.
+
+    .. todo:: This may cause denial of service attacks from users!
+    """
+
+    string = string.replace("&", "&amp;")
+    string = string.replace("<", "&lt;")
+    string = string.replace(">", "&gt;")
+    string = string.replace("\uE01B", "<b>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE00B", "</b>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE011", "<i>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE001", "</i>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE015", "<s>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE005", "</s>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE012", "<u>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE002", "</u>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE01C", "<code>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE00C", "</code>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE01D", "<pre>")
+    string = string.replace("\uE00D", "</pre>")
+    return string