diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Telegram.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Telegram.php
index 0396a1e77d..ecfb5859aa 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Telegram.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/Transport/Telegram.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Telegram extends Transport
         $curl = curl_init();
         set_curl_proxy($curl);
         $text = urlencode($obj['msg']);
-        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, ("https://api.telegram.org/bot{$data['token']}/sendMessage?chat_id={$data['chat_id']}&text=$text"));
+        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, ("https://api.telegram.org/bot{$data['token']}/sendMessage?chat_id={$data['chat_id']}&parse_mode=html&text=$text"));
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
         $ret  = curl_exec($curl);
         $code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);