diff --git a/mytwitter.py b/mytwitter.py
index ebcf306..00581a4 100755
--- a/mytwitter.py
+++ b/mytwitter.py
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ class MyTwitter():
                 timestring = timestamp.astimezone(timezone).strftime(time_format)
 
                 labeltext = user.name + " (" + user.screen_name + ") " + timestring
-                self.labels[i].set_text(labeltext)
+                self.labels[i].set_markup(labeltext)
 
                 # Display the text of the tweet
-                self.texts[i].set_text(statuses[i].text)
+                self.texts[i].set_markup(statuses[i].text)
 
 
     def update_window_callback(self, widget):