diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/BaseTextTile.js b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/BaseTextTile.js
index 401fd719..f566f6e1 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/BaseTextTile.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/BaseTextTile.js
@@ -21,26 +21,30 @@ export class BaseTextTile extends BaseMessageTile {
     constructor(options) {
         super(options);
         this._messageBody = null;
+        this._messageFormat = null
     }
 
     get shape() {
         return "message";
     }
 
-    _parseBody(bodyString) {
-        return stringAsBody(bodyString);
+    _parseBody(body) {
+        return stringAsBody(body.string);
     }
 
     get body() {
-        const body = this._getBodyAsString();
-        // body is a string, so we can check for difference by just
+        const body = this._getBody();
+        // body.string is a string, so we can check for difference by just
         // doing an equality check
-        if (!this._messageBody || this._messageBody.sourceString !== body) {
+        // Even if the body hasn't changed, but the format has, we need
+        // to re-fill our cache.
+        if (!this._messageBody || this._messageBody.sourceString !== body.string || this._messageFormat !== body.format) {
             // body with markup is an array of parts,
             // so we should not recreate it for the same body string,
             // or else the equality check in the binding will always fail.
             // So cache it here.
             this._messageBody = this._parseBody(body);
+            this._messageFormat = body.format;
         }
         return this._messageBody;
     }
diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/EncryptedEventTile.js b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/EncryptedEventTile.js
index 155ce4a9..51788530 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/EncryptedEventTile.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/EncryptedEventTile.js
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@ export class EncryptedEventTile extends BaseTextTile {
         return "message-status"
     }
 
-    _getBodyAsString() {
+    _getBody() {
         const decryptionError = this._entry.decryptionError;
         const code = decryptionError?.code;
+        let string;
         if (code === "MEGOLM_NO_SESSION") {
-            return this.i18n`The sender hasn't sent us the key for this message yet.`;
+            string = this.i18n`The sender hasn't sent us the key for this message yet.`;
         } else {
-            return decryptionError?.message || this.i18n`Could not decrypt message because of unknown reason.`;
+            string = decryptionError?.message || this.i18n`Could not decrypt message because of unknown reason.`;
         }
+        return { string, format: "plain" };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/TextTile.js b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/TextTile.js
index 07e7ce8f..f7e1d8c2 100644
--- a/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/TextTile.js
+++ b/src/domain/session/room/timeline/tiles/TextTile.js
@@ -16,18 +16,39 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import {BaseTextTile} from "./BaseTextTile.js";
 import {parsePlainBody} from "../MessageBody.js";
+import {parseHTMLBody} from "../../../../../platform/web/dom/deserialize.js";
 
 export class TextTile extends BaseTextTile {
-    _getBodyAsString() {
+    _getContentString(key, format, fallback = null) {
         const content = this._getContent();
-        let body = content?.body || "";
-        if (content.msgtype === "m.emote") {
-            body = `* ${this.displayName} ${body}`;
+        let val = content?.[key] || fallback;
+        if (!val && val !== "") { // empty string is falsy, but OK here.
+            return null;
         }
-        return body;
+        if (content.msgtype === "m.emote") {
+            val = `* ${this.displayName} ${body}`;
+        }
+        return { string: val, format };
     }
 
-    _parseBody(bodyString) {
-        return parsePlainBody(bodyString);
+    _getPlainBody() {
+        return this._getContentString("body", "plain", "");
+    }
+
+    _getFormattedBody() {
+        return this._getContentString("formatted_body", "html");
+    }
+
+    _getBody() {
+        return this._getFormattedBody() || this._getPlainBody();
+    }
+
+    _parseBody(body) {
+        const string = body.string;
+        if (body.format === "html") {
+            return parseHTMLBody(this.platform, string);
+        } else {
+            return parsePlainBody(string);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
index 5809cca9..1f59af9c 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const formatFunction = {
     code: codePart => tag.code({}, text(codePart.text)),
     text: textPart => text(textPart.text),
     link: linkPart => tag.a({ href: linkPart.url, target: "_blank", rel: "noopener" }, renderParts(linkPart.inlines)),
+    format: formatPart => tag[formatPart.format]({}, renderParts(formatPart.children)),
     newline: () => tag.br()
 };