diff --git a/heyheyLibrary/settings.py b/heyheyLibrary/settings.py
index 42b6ba1178e1b1edb7b930559eb22b1e80f76acb..aadea8662a4087213f484686c4f06deb940624fe 100644
--- a/heyheyLibrary/settings.py
+++ b/heyheyLibrary/settings.py
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ MARKDOWNIFY = {
     "default": {
         "STRIP": True,
         "WHITELIST_TAGS": [
-            "a", "p", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "h7", "ul", "li", "span"
+            "a", "p", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "h7", "ul", "li", "span", "em"
         ],
     },
     "trusted_descriptions": {
         "STRIP": False,
         "WHITELIST_TAGS": [
-            "a", "p", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "h7", "ul", "li", "span", "b", "i", "br"
+            "a", "p", "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6", "h7", "ul", "li", "span", "b", "i", "br", "em"
         ],
     }
 }