diff --git a/ntfy/bot.py b/ntfy/bot.py
index 918b9ab..1457e0a 100644
--- a/ntfy/bot.py
+++ b/ntfy/bot.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import asyncio
 from html import escape
 import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple, List, Awaitable, Callable
+import markdown
 
 from aiohttp import ClientTimeout
 from maubot import MessageEvent, Plugin
@@ -639,9 +640,11 @@ class NtfyBot(Plugin):
         if click and not title:
             html_content += "%s<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>" % (
                 emoji, escape(click),
-                escape(body).replace("\n", "<br />"))
+                markdown.markdown(escape(body))
+                .replace("\n", "<br />"))
         else:
-            html_content += emoji + escape(body).replace("\n", "<br />")
+            html_content += (emoji + markdown.markdown(escape(body))
+                             .replace("\n", "<br />"))
 
         # add non-emoji tags
         if tags: