diff --git a/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala b/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
index ba0dcfa3..980d8d72 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/conversation_titlebar/conversation_titlebar.vala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ConversationTitlebarCsd : ConversationTitlebar, Object {
 
     public Adw.HeaderBar header_bar = new Adw.HeaderBar();
     private Label title_label = new Label("") { ellipsize=EllipsizeMode.END };
-    private Label subtitle_label = new Label("") { ellipsize=EllipsizeMode.END, visible=false };
+    private Label subtitle_label = new Label("") { use_markup=true, ellipsize=EllipsizeMode.END, visible=false };
     private Revealer back_revealer;
 
     public ConversationTitlebarCsd() {
diff --git a/main/src/ui/conversation_view_controller.vala b/main/src/ui/conversation_view_controller.vala
index da94b740..5b768271 100644
--- a/main/src/ui/conversation_view_controller.vala
+++ b/main/src/ui/conversation_view_controller.vala
@@ -177,11 +177,13 @@ public class ConversationViewController : Object {
 
     private void update_conversation_topic(string? subtitle = null) {
         if (subtitle != null) {
-            conversation_topic = Util.summarize_whitespaces_to_space(subtitle);
+            string summarized_topic = Util.summarize_whitespaces_to_space(subtitle);
+            conversation_topic = Util.parse_add_markup(summarized_topic, null, true, true);
         } else if (conversation.type_ == Conversation.Type.GROUPCHAT) {
             string? subject = stream_interactor.get_module(MucManager.IDENTITY).get_groupchat_subject(conversation.counterpart, conversation.account);
             if (subject != null) {
-                conversation_topic = Util.summarize_whitespaces_to_space(subject);
+                string summarized_topic = Util.summarize_whitespaces_to_space(subject);
+                conversation_topic = Util.parse_add_markup(summarized_topic, null, true, true);
             } else {
                 conversation_topic = null;
             }