diff --git a/ChatView/ChatUtils.cpp b/ChatView/ChatUtils.cpp
index 2368992..fc08307 100644
--- a/ChatView/ChatUtils.cpp
+++ b/ChatView/ChatUtils.cpp
@@ -19,22 +19,34 @@ QString ChatUtils::getSafeMarkdownText(const QString &text) const
         return text;
     }
 
-    bool needsSanitization = false;
-    for (const QChar &ch : text) {
-        if (ch.isNull() || (!ch.isPrint() && ch != '\n' && ch != '\t' && ch != '\r' && ch != ' ')) {
-            needsSanitization = true;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!needsSanitization) {
-        return text;
-    }
-
     QString safeText;
-    safeText.reserve(text.size());
+    safeText.reserve(text.size() + 16);
+
+    bool inFenced = false;
+    bool inInline = false;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i) {
+        const QChar ch = text[i];
+
+        if (!inInline && i + 2 < text.size()
+            && text[i] == '`' && text[i + 1] == '`' && text[i + 2] == '`') {
+            safeText.append(QStringLiteral("```"));
+            inFenced = !inFenced;
+            i += 2;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!inFenced && ch == '`') {
+            safeText.append(ch);
+            inInline = !inInline;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!inFenced && !inInline && ch == '<') {
+            safeText.append(QStringLiteral("&lt;"));
+            continue;
+        }
 
-    for (QChar ch : text) {
         if (ch.isNull()) {
             safeText.append(' ');
         } else if (ch == '\n' || ch == '\t' || ch == '\r' || ch == ' ') {