diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/MetaItemStack.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/MetaItemStack.java
index d1edb3e02..77176583c 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/MetaItemStack.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/MetaItemStack.java
@@ -194,14 +194,14 @@ public class MetaItemStack {
         final Material WRITTEN_BOOK = EnumUtil.getMaterial("WRITTEN_BOOK");
 
         if (split.length > 1 && split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("name") && hasMetaPermission(sender, "name", false, true, ess)) {
-            final String displayName = FormatUtil.replaceFormat(split[1].replace('_', ' '));
+            final String displayName = FormatUtil.replaceFormat(split[1].replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)_", " ").replace("\\_", "_"));
             final ItemMeta meta = stack.getItemMeta();
             meta.setDisplayName(displayName);
             stack.setItemMeta(meta);
         } else if (split.length > 1 && (split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("lore") || split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("desc")) && hasMetaPermission(sender, "lore", false, true, ess)) {
             final List<String> lore = new ArrayList<>();
             for (final String line : split[1].split("(?<!\\\\)\\|")) {
-                lore.add(FormatUtil.replaceFormat(line.replace('_', ' ').replace("\\|", "|")));
+                lore.add(FormatUtil.replaceFormat(line.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)_", " ").replace("\\_", "_").replace("\\|", "|")));
             }
             final ItemMeta meta = stack.getItemMeta();
             meta.setLore(lore);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class MetaItemStack {
             meta.setAuthor(author);
             stack.setItemMeta(meta);
         } else if (split.length > 1 && split[0].equalsIgnoreCase("title") && stack.getType() == WRITTEN_BOOK && hasMetaPermission(sender, "title", false, true, ess)) {
-            final String title = FormatUtil.replaceFormat(split[1].replace('_', ' '));
+            final String title = FormatUtil.replaceFormat(split[1].replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)_", " ").replace("\\_", "_"));
             final BookMeta meta = (BookMeta) stack.getItemMeta();
             meta.setTitle(title);
             stack.setItemMeta(meta);
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public class MetaItemStack {
             final List<String> pages = meta.hasPages() ? new ArrayList<>(meta.getPages()) : new ArrayList<>();
             final List<String> lines = new ArrayList<>();
             for (final String line : split[1].split("(?<!\\\\)\\|")) {
-                lines.add(FormatUtil.replaceFormat(line.replace('_', ' ').replace("\\|", "|")));
+                lines.add(FormatUtil.replaceFormat(line.replaceAll("(?<!\\\\)_", " ").replace("\\_", "_").replace("\\|", "|")));
             }
             final String content = String.join("\n", lines);
             if (page >= pages.size()) {
diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
index f53d62940..8edbfd124 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public class KeywordReplacer implements IText {
                 }
 
                 if (this.replaceSpacesWithUnderscores) {
-                    replacer = replacer.replaceAll("\\s", "_");
+                    replacer = replacer.replace("_", "\\_").replaceAll("\\s", "_");
                 }
 
                 //If this is just a regular keyword, lets throw it into the cache