diff --git a/ssmain/email.py b/ssmain/email.py
index 090f2fa..33363d9 100644
--- a/ssmain/email.py
+++ b/ssmain/email.py
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ class Emailer:
 	def render_mail(self, template_loc, params={}):
 		params['baseurl'] = 'https://' + settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS[0]
 		
+		params['format'] = 'txt'
 		template = loader.get_template(template_loc)
-		content_txt = template.render(params)
+		content_txt = template.render(params).strip().replace('\\*', '*')
 		
-		content_markdown = self.markdown(content_txt)
+		params['format'] = 'markdown'
+		content_markdown = self.markdown(template.render(params))
 		content_html = self.template.render({'email_content': Markup(content_markdown)})
 		
 		content_html = premailer.Premailer(content_html, cssutils_logging_level=logging.ERROR, strip_important=False).transform()