diff --git a/pages/test.lua b/pages/test.lua
index 240ca44..15b8d65 100644
--- a/pages/test.lua
+++ b/pages/test.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 page.Commit{
-    "yeah"
-}
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+    "<span foreground='blue' size='x-large'>Blue text</span> is <i>cool</i>!",
+    "\n",
+    "so true"
+}
diff --git a/ui.c b/ui.c
index 859cd95..25e9254 100644
--- a/ui.c
+++ b/ui.c
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ void page_application_show(struct application_state* state) {
 void page_application_text_buffer_append_text(struct application_state* state, const char* display_text) {
     GtkTextIter iter;
     gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(state->pageview_buffer), &iter);
-    gtk_text_buffer_insert(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(state->pageview_buffer), &iter, display_text, -1);
+    gtk_text_buffer_insert_markup(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(state->pageview_buffer), &iter, display_text, -1);
 }
 
 void page_application_text_buffer_set_text(struct application_state* state, const char* text) {
     gtk_text_buffer_set_text(state->pageview_buffer, text, -1);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}