diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
index ce0207d3..0d7fc853 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py
@@ -343,7 +343,9 @@ class Preview(base.CommandBase, BlogCommon):
 
         if syntax != 'XHTML':
             with open(current_file_path, 'rb') as f:
-                content_xhtml = self.host.bridge.syntaxConvert(f.read(), syntax, 'XHTML', False, self.profile)
+                # we use safe=True because we want to have a preview as close as possible to what the
+                # people will see
+                content_xhtml = self.host.bridge.syntaxConvert(f.read(), syntax, 'XHTML', True, self.profile)
 
         # at this point the syntax is converted, we can display the preview