diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index 239681c..cfda105 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false, command = false, inQuote =
       .replaceAll(/twitter\.com\/t\.co/g, "t.co");
   }
 
-  content = content.replace(/`/g, "\u02cb");
-
+  content = content.replaceAll("`", "\u02cb").replaceAll("*", "\u2217");
   content = htmlToMarkdown(content);
+  content = content.replaceAll("||", "|\u200b|");
 
   if (platformName == "Nitter") {
     content = content.replace("\u2198", Icons.fedimbed.quote).replace("> **\u24d8", "> **\u2139\ufe0f");
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false, command = false, inQuote =
   let MAX_LENGTH = 3999;
   if (cw != "" || sensitive) {
     const ors = content.split("||");
-    desc += `||${content.replaceAll("||", "|\u200b|")}||`;
+    desc += `||${content}||`;
     MAX_LENGTH -= ors.length - 1;
     MAX_LENGTH -= 4;
   } else {