diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags.rs
index c17f4aad..15cb3354 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags.rs
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ impl Tags {
         reference::render_links(buffer, base, link_color, links);
 
         // Cleanup unformatted escape chars
-        for escapes in ESCAPES {
-            for escape in *escapes {
-                let mut cursor = buffer.start_iter();
-                while let Some((mut match_start, mut match_end)) =
-                    cursor.forward_search(escape, TextSearchFlags::CASE_INSENSITIVE, None)
-                {
-                    buffer.delete(&mut match_start, &mut match_end);
-                    cursor = match_end;
+        for e in ESCAPE_ENTRIES {
+            let mut cursor = buffer.start_iter();
+            while let Some((mut match_start, mut match_end)) =
+                cursor.forward_search(e, TextSearchFlags::CASE_INSENSITIVE, None)
+            {
+                if match_end.backward_cursor_positions(1) {
+                    buffer.delete(&mut match_start, &mut match_end)
                 }
+                cursor = match_end;
             }
         }
 
@@ -103,10 +103,8 @@ impl Tags {
             s = reference::strip_tags(&s);
             s = strike::strip_tags(&s);
             s = underline::strip_tags(&s);
-            for escapes in ESCAPES {
-                for escape in *escapes {
-                    s = s.replace(escape, "");
-                }
+            for e in ESCAPE_ENTRIES {
+                s = s.replace(e, &e[1..]);
             }
             s
         })
@@ -118,17 +116,12 @@ pub fn format_header_fragment(value: &str) -> GString {
     Uri::escape_string(&value.to_lowercase().replace(" ", "-"), None, true)
 }
 
-const ESCAPES: &[&[&str]] = &[
-    &["\\\n"],
-    bold::ESCAPES,
-    // same with pre
-    // code::ESCAPES,
-    header::ESCAPES,
-    // same with bold and reference
-    // list::ESCAPES,
-    pre::ESCAPES,
-    quote::ESCAPES,
-    reference::ESCAPES,
-    strike::ESCAPES,
-    underline::ESCAPES,
+const ESCAPE_ENTRIES: &[&str] = &[
+    "\\\n", "\\\\", "\\>", "\\`", "\\!", "\\[", "\\]", "\\(", "\\)", "\\*", "\\#", "\\~", "\\_",
 ];
+#[test]
+fn test_escape_entries() {
+    for e in ESCAPE_ENTRIES {
+        assert_eq!(e.len(), 2)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/bold.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/bold.rs
index 70436faa..56bd09c3 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/bold.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/bold.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 
 const REGEX_BOLD: &str = r"\*\*(?P<text>[^*]+)\*\*";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\*"]; // same with list
-
 pub struct Bold(TextTag);
 
 impl Bold {
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/code.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/code.rs
index 501fa270..5d79041f 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/code.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/code.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ use syntax::Syntax;
 
 const REGEX_CODE: &str = r"(?s)```[ \t]*(?P<alt>.*?)\n(?P<data>.*?)```";
 
-// same with pre
-// pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\`"];
-
 struct Entry {
     alt: Option<String>,
     data: String,
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/header.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/header.rs
index 471f2a57..e399d92c 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/header.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/header.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 const REGEX_HEADER: &str = r"(?m)^(?P<level>#{1,6})\s+(?P<title>.*)$";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\#"];
-
 pub struct Header {
     h1: TextTag,
     h2: TextTag,
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/list.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/list.rs
index 4796e99a..304167c8 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/list.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/list.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 const REGEX_LIST: &str =
     r"(?m)^(?P<level>[ \t]*)\*[ \t]+(?:(?P<state>\[[ xX]\])[ \t]+)?(?P<text>.*)";
 
-// same with bold and reference
-// pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\*","\\[","\\]"];
-
 struct State(bool);
 
 impl State {
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/pre.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/pre.rs
index 3d867761..473067dc 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/pre.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/pre.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ const REGEX_PRE: &str = r"`(?P<text>[^`]+)`";
 const TAG_FONT: &str = "monospace"; // @TODO
 const TAG_SCALE: f64 = 0.9;
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\`"]; // same with code
-
 pub struct Pre(TextTag);
 
 impl Pre {
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/quote.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/quote.rs
index e6161b3b..e7a79849 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/quote.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/quote.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 
 const REGEX_QUOTE: &str = r"(?m)>\s*(?P<text>.*)$";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\>"];
-
 pub struct Quote(TextTag);
 
 impl Quote {
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/reference.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/reference.rs
index 57eb3546..b69622b1 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/reference.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/reference.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ const REGEX_IMAGE: &str = r"!\[(?P<alt>[^\]]*)\]\((?P<url>[^\)]+)\)";
 const REGEX_IMAGE_LINK: &str =
     r"\[(?P<is_img>!)\[(?P<alt>[^\]]*)\]\((?P<img_url>[^\)]+)\)\]\((?P<link_url>[^\)]+)\)";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\!", "\\[", "\\]", "\\(", "\\)"];
-
 struct Reference {
     uri: Uri,
     alt: String,
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/strike.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/strike.rs
index cdabe70b..13b4ef08 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/strike.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/strike.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 
 const REGEX_STRIKE: &str = r"~~(?P<text>.+?)~~";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\~"];
-
 pub struct Strike(TextTag);
 
 impl Strike {
diff --git a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/underline.rs b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/underline.rs
index 242291e6..fe7dbd3f 100644
--- a/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/underline.rs
+++ b/src/app/browser/window/tab/item/page/content/text/markdown/tags/underline.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use regex::Regex;
 
 const REGEX_UNDERLINE: &str = r"\b_(?P<text>[^_]+)_\b";
 
-pub const ESCAPES: &[&str] = &["\\_"];
-
 pub struct Underline(TextTag);
 
 impl Underline {