diff --git a/user_alert.module b/user_alert.module
index 41efaa5..b38efa6 100644
--- a/user_alert.module
+++ b/user_alert.module
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ function user_alert_theme() {
 function user_alert_preprocess_user_alert(&$vars) {
   $node = $vars['node'];
   $vars['alert_label'] = variable_get('user_alert_label', 'User Alert');
-  $vars['body'] = $node->body;
+  $format = !empty($node->format) ? $node->format : FILTER_FORMAT_DEFAULT;
+  $vars['body'] = check_markup($node->body, $format, FALSE);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -299,4 +300,4 @@ function _user_alert_uuid_generate_php() {
     // 8 bits for "clk_seq_low" 48 bits for "node".
     mt_rand(0, 65535), mt_rand(0, 65535), mt_rand(0, 65535)
   );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
-- 
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