diff --git a/dots/i3status/config b/dots/i3status/config
index 9c29833..9c29ff9 100644
--- a/dots/i3status/config
+++ b/dots/i3status/config
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ general {
     color_good = "#fd68d5"
     color_bad = "#2AFF00"
     color_degraded = "#FE1805"
+    markup = "pango"
 }
 
 order += "cpu_usage"