diff --git a/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py b/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
index 2dd122a4fb3999123350e6e770aed15ee4999e4d..ea3217fe51a2827d6dcef4cf3a74ed4f5fcabac0 100644
--- a/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
+++ b/toMkdocs/gridTableTools.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ def parseGridTableWithSpans(gridTable:str) -> tuple[GridTableRowList, GridTableR
 					# Italic replacements
 					# Regex to detect markdown italic formatting in cell content
 					if cell.content is not None:
-						cell.content = matchItalic.sub(r'<i>\g<text></i>', cell.content)
+						cell.content = matchItalic.sub(r'\1<i>\g<text></i>', cell.content)
 
 	# Correct newlines characters
 	for headerRow in headerRows:
diff --git a/toMkdocs/regexMatches.py b/toMkdocs/regexMatches.py
index ba1fc15f81e764e6b7236f4da362feb0827cbb31..cbac6c3f3c5bcb54c6bf6b5b9165e2bbdff2851e 100644
--- a/toMkdocs/regexMatches.py
+++ b/toMkdocs/regexMatches.py
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ matchTable = re.compile(r'^\s*\|.*\|\s*$', re.IGNORECASE)
 matchTableSeparator = re.compile(r'^\s*\|([-: ]+\|)+\s*$', re.IGNORECASE)
 
 matchBold =   re.compile(r'(^|\s)(\*\*|__)(?P<text>.+?)\2(?!\w)')
-matchItalic = re.compile(r'(^|\s)(\*|_)(?P<text>.+?)(?<!\\)\3(\s|$)')
+matchItalic =   re.compile(r'(^|\s)(\*|_)(?P<text>.+?)\2(?!\w)')
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