diff --git a/bbj.el b/bbj.el
index a526ad2..0f82362 100644
--- a/bbj.el
+++ b/bbj.el
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ it worked on emacs 24."
       (bbj-enter)
       (unless (eql buffer (current-buffer))
         (bbj-edit-post))))
+
   (let* ((post (alist-get 'post_id (bbj-post-prop 'data)))
          (adminp (bbj-request "is_admin" 'target_user bbj-username))
          (message (alist-get 'body (bbj-post-prop 'data)))
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ it worked on emacs 24."
                    (message bbj-descend request 'error 'description)
                  (message "post edited")
                  (bbj-enter-thread ,thread-id))))))
+
     (cond
      ((numberp (bbj-descend query 'error 'code))
       (message (bbj-descend query 'error 'description)))
diff --git a/src/endpoints.py b/src/endpoints.py
index 35a38dc..9317ac3 100644
--- a/src/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/endpoints.py
@@ -166,8 +166,13 @@ def edit_post(json):
     ok, obj = db.edit_handler(json, thread)
 
     if ok:
+
+        if json.get("reformat"):
+            json["body"] = formatting.parse(json["body"])
+
         obj["body"] = json["body"]
         obj["lastmod"] = time()
         obj["edited"] = True
         db.thread_dump(json["thread_id"], thread)
+
     return obj