diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5cfe949..69adc0b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
-	github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.0
+	github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dc6d1c6..793b80f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.0 h1:7/0uQCxCT0mQ5cYGaAV0A3bGo/55jyhHaDNLvvl1qF0=
 github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ToAaW7uKSN8UP2aztAkiMl2ShRtn0n7vRkN1visxwFc=
+github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.1 h1:QST7UUVzfmCp3hyWsq8fiiikNmeLsjzRKte05bN1wcM=
+github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ToAaW7uKSN8UP2aztAkiMl2ShRtn0n7vRkN1visxwFc=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 h1:clyUAQHOM3G0M3f5vQj7LuJrETvjVot3Z5el9nffUtU=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 85762ea..511b5c7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira/config"
+	"github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira/format"
 	"github.com/tomhjp/gh-action-jira/jira"
 )
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func create() error {
 	extraFields := map[string]interface{}{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(extraFieldsString), &extraFields)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to deserialise extraFields: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to deserialise extraFields: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	config, err := config.ReadConfig()
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ func create() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	description, err = format.GitHubToJira(description)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert GitHub markdown to Jira: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	key, err := createIssue(config, project, issueType, summary, description, extraFields)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err