diff --git a/selected-markdown-to-jira/info.json b/selected-markdown-to-jira/info.json
index e24460e..1e5b959 100644
--- a/selected-markdown-to-jira/info.json
+++ b/selected-markdown-to-jira/info.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "identifier": "selected-markdown-to-jira",
   "script": "selected-markdown-to-jira.qml",
   "authors": ["@pbek"],
-  "version": "0.0.5",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "minAppVersion": "17.05.7",
   "description" : "With this script you can right click the selected text and convert it to <a href='https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira'>Jira</a> Code in the clipboard.\n\n<b>Dependencies</b>\n<a href=\"https://nodejs.org/en/download/\">Node.js</a>\n<a href=\"https://github.com/kylefarris/J2M\">jira2md</a> (installed via <code>npm</code>)\n\n<b>Installation</b>\nAfter you have installed <i>Node.js</i> you can install <i>jira2md</i> by typing:\n<code>sudo npm install -g jira2md</code>\n\nYou might also need to set your <code>NODE_PATH</code> to the path where the module did get installed with for example:\n<code>export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules</code>"
 }
diff --git a/selected-markdown-to-jira/selected-markdown-to-jira.qml b/selected-markdown-to-jira/selected-markdown-to-jira.qml
index 3be73d0..8b8d545 100644
--- a/selected-markdown-to-jira/selected-markdown-to-jira.qml
+++ b/selected-markdown-to-jira/selected-markdown-to-jira.qml
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ QtObject {
         text = text.replace(/^-/gm, "*");
         text = text.replace(/\t-/gm, "\t*");
 
+        // some character escaping
+        text = text.replace(/\{/gm, "\\{").replace(/\}/gm, "\\}");
+
         // you need NodeJs and jira2md (https://github.com/kylefarris/J2M) to convert Markdown to Jira
         var params = ["-e", "console.log(require('jira2md').to_jira(require('fs').readFileSync('/dev/stdin').toString()))"];
         var result = script.startSynchronousProcess(nodejsExecutablePath, params, text);