diff --git a/myapp.pl b/myapp.pl
index 1b08c53..8d4075f 100755
--- a/myapp.pl
+++ b/myapp.pl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use Mojo::JSON qw(decode_json);
 use Mojo::UserAgent;
 use Mojo::IRC;
 use Carp qw(croak);
-use Smart::Comments;
+#use Smart::Comments;
 use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);
 ## no critic (prototype)
 
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ $irc->on(irc_privmsg => sub ($self, $message) {
 		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|\x03\d?\d||g; # colors
 		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|\x03||g; # bare color code ????
 
+		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|>|>|g;
+		$message->{params}[1] =~ s|<|&lt;|g;
+
 		send_chat_to_owncast($message->{params}[1], $name[0]);
 	}
 });