diff --git a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html
index 122ced225924de9a743532f18a121e25cccb4cab..1974748d10599f1f3950bac5009d9f22736b1ab2 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html
+++ b/hypha/apply/activity/templates/messages/slack_message.html
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 <!--Template required for django-slack. We can customize it for channels, endpoint_url, etc as per the requirements.-->
 
 {% block text %}
-{{ message }}
+{{ message|safe }}
 {% endblock %}