diff --git a/isso/tests/test_comments.py b/isso/tests/test_comments.py
index 4ba67c8..2ffe2ad 100644
--- a/isso/tests/test_comments.py
+++ b/isso/tests/test_comments.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.post('/new?uri=%2Fpath%2F', data=json.dumps({'text': 'First'}))
         self.post('/new?uri=%2Fpath%2F',
-                  data=json.dumps({'text': 'First', 'parent': 1}))
+                  data=json.dumps({'text': '*Second*', 'parent': 1}))
 
         rv = self.get('/feed?uri=%2Fpath%2F')
         self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 200)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
         data = re.sub('[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]+Z',
                       '2018-04-01T10:00:00Z', data)
         self.assertEqual(data, """<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'utf-8\'?>
-<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/thread/path/</id><title>Comments for example.org/path/</title><entry><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/2</id><title>Comment #2</title><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><author><name /></author><link href="https://example.org/path/#isso-2" /><content type="html">First</content><thr:in-reply-to href="https://example.org/path/#isso-1" ref="tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/1" /></entry><entry><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/1</id><title>Comment #1</title><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><author><name /></author><link href="https://example.org/path/#isso-1" /><content type="html">First</content></entry></feed>""")
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/thread/path/</id><title>Comments for example.org/path/</title><entry><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/2</id><title>Comment #2</title><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><author><name /></author><link href="https://example.org/path/#isso-2" /><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Second&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><thr:in-reply-to href="https://example.org/path/#isso-1" ref="tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/1" /></entry><entry><id>tag:example.org,2018:/isso/1/1</id><title>Comment #1</title><updated>2018-04-01T10:00:00Z</updated><author><name /></author><link href="https://example.org/path/#isso-1" /><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;First&lt;/p&gt;</content></entry></feed>""")
 
     def testCounts(self):
 
diff --git a/isso/views/comments.py b/isso/views/comments.py
index 87cf48d..2e8b4f3 100644
--- a/isso/views/comments.py
+++ b/isso/views/comments.py
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ class API(object):
             content = ET.SubElement(entry, 'content', {
                 'type': 'html',
             })
-            content.text = comment['text']
+            content.text = self.isso.render(comment['text'])
 
             if comment['parent']:
                 ET.SubElement(entry, 'thr:in-reply-to', {