diff --git a/mastodonapi.php b/mastodonapi.php
index 33181ee..e16e0a9 100644
--- a/mastodonapi.php
+++ b/mastodonapi.php
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class YellowMastodonapi {
         $date = new DateTime($dateTime);
         $pub = $date->format("Y-m-d H:i:s");
         $content = trim(html_entity_decode(strip_tags(str_replace(array("<br>", "</p>"), array("\n", "</p>\n"), $html)), ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5, "UTF-8"));
-        $content = str_replace("\n", "\n> ", $content);
+        $content = str_replace(array("\n", "#"), array("\n> ", "&#35;"), $content);
         $imageMarkdown = "";
         $featuredImage = $featuredImageAlt = "";
         foreach ( $images as $i => $filename ) {