diff --git a/src/format.rs b/src/format.rs
index e6c46dc..b0c3d2b 100644
--- a/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/format.rs
@@ -97,14 +97,19 @@ fn format_attachments(depth: usize, attachments: &[Attachment]) -> String {
 // line, breaking the desired formatting
 fn apply_block_quote<S: AsRef<str>>(depth: usize, content: S) -> String {
     let prefix = quote_prefix(depth);
+    // TODO use OnceLock
     let empty = Regex::new("\n\\s").expect("Failed to compiled regex for nested empty lines!");
     let non_empty =
         Regex::new("\n(?P<initial>[^>\\s])").expect("Failed to compile regex for nested lines!");
+    // TODO break into separate function
     // parsing some multiline content adds paragraph tags, convert those back to new lines to apply
     // the block quote level to each line
     let content = content.as_ref().replace("</p><p>", "\n\n");
     let content = content.replace("<p>", "");
     let content = content.replace("</p>", "");
+    // TODO refactor into separate function
+    let content = content.replace("\\*", "*");
+    let content = content.replace(":totoro:", "\\:totoro\\:");
     // replace separately to avoid trailing spaces when replacing empty lines with the prefix
     let content = empty.replace_all(content.as_ref(), format!("\n{}\n", prefix.trim()));
     let content = non_empty.replace_all(&content, |c: &Captures| {