diff --git a/src/renderer/components/watch-video-comments/watch-video-comments.js b/src/renderer/components/watch-video-comments/watch-video-comments.js
index 02228c79..29cc2b1e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/watch-video-comments/watch-video-comments.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/watch-video-comments/watch-video-comments.js
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ export default Vue.extend({
         if (this.hideCommentLikes) {
           comment.likes = null
         }
-        comment.text = autolinker.link(comment.text.replace(/(<(?!br>)([^>]+)>)/ig, ''))
+        // strip html tags but keep <br>, <b>, </b> <s>, </s>, <i>, </i>
+        comment.text = autolinker.link(comment.text.replace(/(<(?!br|\/?(?:b|s|i)>)([^>]+)>)/ig, ''))
         if (comment.customEmojis.length > 0) {
           comment.customEmojis.forEach(emoji => {
             comment.text = comment.text.replace(emoji.text, `<img width="14" height="14" class="commentCustomEmoji" alt="${emoji.text.substring(2, emoji.text.length - 1)}" src="${emoji.emojiThumbnails[0].url}">`)