diff --git a/templates/telegram-bot.py.j2 b/templates/telegram-bot.py.j2
index bf3d3ab..402fa97 100755
--- a/templates/telegram-bot.py.j2
+++ b/templates/telegram-bot.py.j2
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ def postAlertmanager(chatID):
 			elif alert['status'] == "firing":
 				correctDate = parser.parse(alert['startsAt']).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 				message += "Started: "+correctDate+"\n"
-			message = telegram.utils.helpers.escape_markdown(message.replace('-', '\-').replace('.', '\.').replace('!', '\!').replace('[', '\[').replace(']', '\]') + "labels: \n```\n")
+			message += "labels: \n```\n"
 			for l in alert['labels']:
 				message += l + " : "+alert['labels'][l] + "\n"
 			message += "```"
-			bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chatID, text=message, parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
+			bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chatID, text=telegram.utils.helpers.escape_markdown(message, version=2), parse_mode=telegram.ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
 		return "Alert OK", 200
 	except Exception as error:	   
 		bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chatID, text="Error to read json: "+str(error))