diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/AddBlockedAuthor.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/AddBlockedAuthor.java
index b5627ab..f96ab44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/AddBlockedAuthor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/AddBlockedAuthor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.yvasyliev.service.state.StateManager;
 import com.github.yvasyliev.service.telegram.factory.UsernameParser;
+import com.github.yvasyliev.utils.MarkdownV2;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.Message;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public void acceptWithException(Message message) throws IOException, TelegramApi
         if (optionalUsername.isPresent()) {
             var username = optionalUsername.get();
             stateManager.addBlockedAuthor(username);
+            username = MarkdownV2.escaped(username);
             reply(message, "responses/addblockedauthor.md", username, username);
         } else {
             reply(message, "responses/usernamenotrecognized.md");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/RemoveBlockedAuthor.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/RemoveBlockedAuthor.java
index 8159ee8..2f6747e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/RemoveBlockedAuthor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/RemoveBlockedAuthor.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.github.yvasyliev.service.state.StateManager;
 import com.github.yvasyliev.service.telegram.factory.UsernameParser;
+import com.github.yvasyliev.utils.MarkdownV2;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.objects.Message;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public void acceptWithException(Message message) throws Exception {
         if (optionalUsername.isPresent()) {
             var username = optionalUsername.get();
             stateManager.removeBlockedAuthor(username);
-            reply(message, "responses/removeblockedauthor.md", username);
+            reply(message, "responses/removeblockedauthor.md", MarkdownV2.escaped(username));
         } else {
             reply(message, "responses/usernamenotrecognized.md");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/ReplySent.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/ReplySent.java
index e4b5613..49e91aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/ReplySent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/commands/ReplySent.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.github.yvasyliev.service.telegram.commands;
 
+import com.github.yvasyliev.utils.MarkdownV2;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.methods.ParseMode;
 import org.telegram.telegrambots.meta.api.methods.send.SendMessage;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public void acceptWithException(Message message) throws URISyntaxException, IOEx
             var replyMessage = SendMessage.builder()
                     .chatId(awaitingReply.fromChatId())
                     .replyToMessageId(awaitingReply.messageId())
-                    .text(responseReader.applyWithException("responses/replysent/reply_template.md").formatted(message.getText()))
+                    .text(responseReader.applyWithException("responses/replysent/reply_template.md").formatted(MarkdownV2.escaped(message.getText())))
                     .parseMode(ParseMode.MARKDOWNV2)
                     .build();
             redTelBot.execute(replyMessage);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/factory/UsernameParser.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/factory/UsernameParser.java
index 98610a7..f97c85e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/factory/UsernameParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/factory/UsernameParser.java
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ public Optional<String> apply(Message message) {
         var username = message.getText().trim();
 
         var matcher = Pattern
-                .compile("https://www\\.reddit\\.com/user/(\\w+)")
+                .compile("https://www\\.reddit\\.com/user/([\\w-]+)")
                 .matcher(username);
         if (matcher.find()) {
             username = matcher.group(1);
         }
 
         matcher = Pattern
-                .compile("u/(\\w+)")
+                .compile("u/([\\w-]+)")
                 .matcher(username);
         if (matcher.matches()) {
             username = matcher.group(1);
         }
 
-        return username.matches("\\w+")
+        return username.matches("[\\w-]+")
                 ? Optional.of(username)
                 : Optional.empty();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/readers/BotResponseReader.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/readers/BotResponseReader.java
index 9129943..a73a5f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/readers/BotResponseReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/service/telegram/readers/BotResponseReader.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public String applyWithException(String file) throws URISyntaxException, IOExcep
                         Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(Objects.requireNonNull(BotResponseReader.class.getClassLoader().getResource(file)).toURI()))
                 )
                 .replace(".", "\\.")
-                .replace("!", "\\!");
+                .replace("!", "\\!")
+                .replace("-", "\\-");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/utils/MarkdownV2.java b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/utils/MarkdownV2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d9ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/yvasyliev/utils/MarkdownV2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.github.yvasyliev.utils;
+
+public class MarkdownV2 {
+    public static String escaped(String text) {
+        return text
+                .replace("_", "\\_")
+                .replace("*", "\\*")
+                .replace("[", "\\[")
+                .replace("]", "\\]")
+                .replace("(", "\\(")
+                .replace(")", "\\)")
+                .replace("~", "\\~")
+                .replace("`", "\\`")
+                .replace(">", "\\>")
+                .replace("#", "\\#")
+                .replace("+", "\\+")
+                .replace("-", "\\-")
+                .replace("=", "\\=")
+                .replace("|", "\\|")
+                .replace("{", "\\{")
+                .replace("}", "\\}")
+                .replace(".", "\\.")
+                .replace("!", "\\!");
+    }
+}