diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index 97b26b90..14ab103e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ module EventsHelper
                       .gsub(/\\([\"'])/, '\1') # Remove slash before quotes
                       .remove(/[[:blank:]]+$/) # Remove extraneous spaces
                       .remove(/{::}/) # Markdown artefact
+                      .gsub(/^#+ (.*)/, '**\1**')
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/test/helpers/events_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/events_helper_test.rb
index bfd42e92..03b6a606 100644
--- a/test/helpers/events_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/events_helper_test.rb
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@ class EventsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_equal '*ho* **h**,', to_markdown('<em>ho</em><strong> h</strong>,')
     assert_equal '*ho* **h**,', to_markdown('<i>ho</i><b> h</b>,')
   end
+
+  test 'HTML titles to strong' do
+    assert_equal '**Big**', to_markdown('<h1>Big</h1>,')
+    assert_equal '**Big again**', to_markdown('<h2>Big again</h2>,')
+  end
 end