diff --git a/src/MdToHTML.hs b/src/MdToHTML.hs
index 0e86001..77ea2b1 100644
--- a/src/MdToHTML.hs
+++ b/src/MdToHTML.hs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ parseBold = parseBoldWith "**" <|> parseBoldWith "__"
 
 -- Parse italic text
 parseItalic :: ReadP MdToken
-parseItalic = parseBoldWith "*" <|> parseBoldWith "_"
+parseItalic = parseItalicWith "*" <|> parseItalicWith "_"
   where
     parseBoldWith delim = do
       string delim