diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8115bc..d325a32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# 1.1.3.10 - 
+# 1.1.3.11 - 26/03/2024
+- Hotfix: Italic HTML tags are no longer inserted into plaintext.
+
+# 1.1.3.10 - 25/03/2024
 - Fixed a misplaced function causing single-file HTML output to be written without a header or styling.
 - \/me messages are now italicized according to the native client's renderer rather than left plain.
 - Under-the-hood changes to error message selection which are less efficient but also much cleaner.
diff --git a/MessagePool.cs b/MessagePool.cs
index 1499056..953b467 100644
--- a/MessagePool.cs
+++ b/MessagePool.cs
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ private static bool TranslateMessage(FileStream srcFS, StreamWriter dstFS)
                         foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entity in htmlEntities)
                             messageOut = Regex.Replace(messageOut, entity.Key, entity.Value);
 
-                    if (msId == MessageType.Me || msId == MessageType.DiceRoll)
+                    if (!Common.plaintext && (msId == MessageType.Me || msId == MessageType.DiceRoll))
                     {
                         messageOut = "<i>" + messageOut;
                         tagHistory.Push("i");
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ private static string TranslateTags(string message)
             string messageOut = message;
             bool noParse = false;
             string partialParse = string.Empty;
-            string tag = string.Empty;
+            string tag;
             MatchCollection tags = BBCodeTags().Matches(messageOut);
             string URL = string.Empty;