diff --git a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
index 1d3f538..ea0e57a 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
+++ b/src/MarkdownParser.cxx
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 	     tag_p = false,
 	     tag_li = false,
 	     tag_ul = false,
-	     // If there is an escape character at the end of the buffer, use
-	     // this flag to prevent ignoring it.
-	     escaping = false,
+		 tag_s = false,
 	     newline = true,
 	     manualBreak = false,
 	     // Used to ignore spaces at the beginning of header titles.
@@ -215,6 +213,20 @@ std::string make_html(std::filesystem::path const &path) {
 						break;
 					}
 
+					break;
+				case '~':
+					// Escape character
+					if (x > 0 && buf[x-1] == '\\') {
+						append(c);
+						break;
+					}
+					if (x > 0 && buf[x-1] == '~') {
+						append(tag_s ? "</s>" : "<s>");
+						tag_s = !tag_s;
+						break;
+					}
+					if (buf[x+1] == '~') break;
+					append(c);
 					break;
 				case '-':
 					if (x != 0) {