diff --git a/src/messageFormatter.js b/src/messageFormatter.js
index c05c941..63be9f1 100644
--- a/src/messageFormatter.js
+++ b/src/messageFormatter.js
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ export default  (message) => {
         symbol: '*',
         transformer: text => `<em>${text}</em>`
     })
+    futoji.addTransformer({
+        name: 'italic', 
+        symbol: '_',
+        transformer: text => `<em>${text}</em>`
+    })
 
     futoji.addTransformer({
         name: 'underline',