diff --git a/js/interface_common.js b/js/interface_common.js
index 7297ffb..e9f9989 100644
--- a/js/interface_common.js
+++ b/js/interface_common.js
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function confirmPopup(req) {
     if (req.txtMessage) {
         if (req.txtMessage.polyglot)
             req.txtMessage = polyglot.t(req.txtMessage.polyglot, req.txtMessage.polyglotReq);
-        modal.content.find('.message').html(htmlFormatMsg(req.txtMessage, {markout: 'apply'}).html);
+        fillElemWithTxt(modal.content.find('.message'), req.txtMessage, {markout: 'apply'});
     }
 
     var btn = modal.content.find('.confirm');
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ function addToCommonDMsList(list, targetAlias, message) {
 
     item.find('.post-info-tag').text('@' + targetAlias);
     item.find('.post-info-name').attr('href', $.MAL.userUrl(targetAlias));
-    item.find('.post-text').html(htmlFormatMsg(message.text).html);
+    fillElemWithTxt(item.find('.post-text'), message.text);
     item.find('.post-info-time')
         .attr('title', timeSincePost(message.time))
         .find('span:last')
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ function clickFollow(event) {
     var content = $('#following-config-modal-template').children().clone(true);
 
     content.closest('.following-config-modal-content').attr('data-screen-name', peerAlias);
-    content.find('.following-config-method-message')
-        .html(htmlFormatMsg(polyglot.t('select_way_to_follow_@', {alias: peerAlias}), {markout: 'apply'}).html);
+    fillElemWithTxt(content.find('.following-config-method-message'),
+        polyglot.t('select_way_to_follow_@', {alias: peerAlias}), {markout: 'apply'});
     content.find('.following-screen-name b').text(peerAlias);
 
     openModal({
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ function posPostPreview(event) {
             - postPreview.css('padding-left') - postPreview.css('padding-right'));
     }
     if (textArea[0].value.length)
-        postPreview.html(htmlFormatMsg(textArea[0].value).html).show();
+        fillElemWithTxt(postPreview.show(), textArea[0].value);
     else
         postPreview.hide();
     textArea.before(postPreview);
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ function replyTextInput(event) {
 
         if ($.Options.postPreview.val) {
             if (textArea[0].value.length)
-                textAreaForm.find('#post-preview').html(htmlFormatMsg(textArea[0].value).html).show();
+                fillElemWithTxt(textAreaForm.find('#post-preview').show(), textArea[0].value);
             else
                 textAreaForm.find('#post-preview').html('').slideUp('fast');
         }
diff --git a/js/options.js b/js/options.js
index bebcc84..8315252 100644
--- a/js/options.js
+++ b/js/options.js
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ function tickOptionsPostPreview() {
     var elem = $('#opt-mod-posts-display #post-preview');
     var imgPreviewCont = elem.find('.preview-container');
 
-    elem.children().first().html(htmlFormatMsg(
-        polyglot.t('post_preview_dummy', {logo: '/img/twister_mini.png', site: 'http://twister.net.co'})).html);
+    fillElemWithTxt(elem.children().first(),
+        polyglot.t('post_preview_dummy', {logo: '/img/twister_mini.png', site: 'http://twister.net.co'}));
 
     if ($.Options.displayPreview.val === 'enable') {
         imgPreviewCont.empty();
diff --git a/js/twister_formatpost.js b/js/twister_formatpost.js
index 62559de..fe59b91 100644
--- a/js/twister_formatpost.js
+++ b/js/twister_formatpost.js
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ function postToElem(post, kind, promoted) {
 
     setPostCommon(elem, username, time);
 
-    msg = htmlFormatMsg(msg);
-    elem.find('.post-text').html(msg.html);
+    msg = fillElemWithTxt(elem.find('.post-text'), msg);  // fillElemWithTxt() returns result of htmlFormatMsg(msg)
     postData.attr('data-text-mentions', msg.mentions.join());  // FIXME no idea why do we need this attribute since we don't use it but use data-reply-to instead
 
     if (username !== defaultScreenName) {
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ function setPostReference(elem, rt, sig_rt) {
             .attr('data-screen-name', rt.n)
             .attr('data-id', rt.k)
             .attr('data-userpost', $.toJSON({userpost: rt, sig_userpost: sig_rt}))
-            .find('.post-text').html(htmlFormatMsg(rt.msg).html)
+            .find('.post-text').each(function (i, elem) {fillElemWithTxt($(elem), rt.msg);})
     ;
     setPostCommon(elem, rt.n, rt.time);
 }
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ function postToElemDM(dmData, localUser, remoteUser) {
             .text(timeGmtToText(dmData.time))
     ;
     setPostInfoSent(senderAlias, dmData.k, elem.find('.post-info-sent'));
-    elem.find('.post-text').html(htmlFormatMsg(dmData.text).html);
+    fillElemWithTxt(elem.find('.post-text'), dmData.text);
 
     return elem;
 }
diff --git a/js/twister_io.js b/js/twister_io.js
index c2ff9b3..adbe1b3 100644
--- a/js/twister_io.js
+++ b/js/twister_io.js
@@ -257,11 +257,7 @@ function getFullname(peerAlias, elem) {
 
 // get bio, format it as post message and store result to elem
 function getBioToElem(peerAlias, elem) {
-    getProfileResource(peerAlias, 'bio', undefined,
-        function (req, ret) {
-            req.elem.html(htmlFormatMsg(ret).html);
-        }, {elem: elem}
-    );
+    getProfileResource(peerAlias, 'bio', undefined, fillElemWithTxt, elem);
 }
 
 // get tox address and store it in item.text