diff --git a/source/widgets/textbox.c b/source/widgets/textbox.c
index 5134e6aa..f595238c 100644
--- a/source/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/source/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -183,10 +183,15 @@ textbox* textbox_create ( widget *parent, WidgetType type, const char *name, Tex
 
     textbox_initialize_font ( tb );
 
-    if ( ( flags & TB_WRAP ) == TB_WRAP ) {
+    if ( ( tb->flags & TB_WRAP ) == TB_WRAP ) {
         pango_layout_set_wrap ( tb->layout, PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR );
     }
 
+    // Allow overriding of markup.
+    if ( rofi_theme_get_boolean ( WIDGET ( tb ), "markup", FALSE) ) {
+        tb->flags |= TB_MARKUP;
+    }
+
     const char *txt = rofi_theme_get_string ( WIDGET  ( tb ), "str", text );
     if ( txt == NULL || ( *txt ) == '\0' ) {
         txt = rofi_theme_get_string ( WIDGET  ( tb ), "content", text );
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ textbox* textbox_create ( widget *parent, WidgetType type, const char *name, Tex
 
     tb->blink_timeout = 0;
     tb->blink         = 1;
-    if ( ( flags & TB_EDITABLE ) == TB_EDITABLE ) {
+    if ( ( tb->flags & TB_EDITABLE ) == TB_EDITABLE ) {
         if ( rofi_theme_get_boolean ( WIDGET ( tb ), "blink", TRUE ) ) {
             tb->blink_timeout = g_timeout_add ( 1200, textbox_blink, tb );
         }