diff --git a/themes/zettels/layouts/partials/content.html b/themes/zettels/layouts/partials/content.html
index 5042670..004fabc 100644
--- a/themes/zettels/layouts/partials/content.html
+++ b/themes/zettels/layouts/partials/content.html
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 <!--The above command replaces a \\ in content/*.md files with a \\\\ yes it looks silly-->
 {{ $content := $content | replaceRE "_" "\\_"}}
 <!-- The above replaces _ with \_ inorder to prevent hugo turning subscripts into <em> tags-->
+{{ $content := $content | replaceRE "\\{" "\\{" }}
+{{ $content := $content | replaceRE "\\}" "\\}" }}
+<!-- the above two commands allow curly braces to show up properly, for example in Laplace transforms. -->
 <!-- 
 	====
 	TAGS