diff --git a/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb b/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb
index 5bb6125..12296de 100644
--- a/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb
+++ b/Support/RubyMate/catch_exception.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     io = IO.for_fd(ENV['TM_ERROR_FD'].to_i)
 
     io.write "<div id='exception_report' class='framed'>\n"
-    io.write "<p id='exception'><strong>#{e.class.name}:</strong> #{CGI.escapeHTML e.message.sub(/`(\w+)'/, "\1")}</p>\n"
+    io.write "<p id='exception'><strong>#{e.class.name}:</strong> #{CGI.escapeHTML(e.message).sub(/`(\w+)'/, '<strong>\1</strong>')}</p>\n"
 
     io.write "<blockquote><table border='0' cellspacing='4' cellpadding='0'>\n"