diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index 91d4265e..654bdde4 100755
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 			# Confusion between bat and batcula is not a concern at this
 			# point.
 			if hash bat 2> /dev/null; then
-				bat --force-colorization --italic-text=always --style=plain $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | \grep -v '#' | uniq -u
+				bat --force-colorization --style=plain $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | \grep -v '#' | uniq -u
 			else
 				tail -n +1 $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | grep -v '#' | uniq -u
 			fi
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index ba04bc2f..9da700d9 100755
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if hash lsb_release 2> /dev/null; then
 			# Confusion between bat and batcula is not a concern at this
 			# point.
 			if hash bat 2> /dev/null; then
-				bat --force-colorization --italic-text=always --style=plain $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | \grep -v '#' | uniq -u
+				bat --force-colorization --style=plain $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | \grep -v '#' | uniq -u
 			else
 				tail -n +1 $HOME/.shell-things/.mikaela/motivational-message.md | grep -v '#' | uniq -u
 			fi