diff --git a/org-gcal.el b/org-gcal.el
index eb38be7..70c9324 100644
--- a/org-gcal.el
+++ b/org-gcal.el
@@ -311,13 +311,14 @@
                  (when (plist-get (cadr tobj) :hour-start)
                    t)))
            (desc  (if (plist-get (cadr elem) :contents-begin)
-                      (replace-regexp-in-string
-                       "\\`\\(?: *<[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9].*?>$\\)\n?\n?" ""
-                       (replace-regexp-in-string
-                        " *:PROPERTIES:\n  \\(.*\\(?:\n.*\\)*?\\) :END:\n\n" ""
-                        (buffer-substring-no-properties
-                         (plist-get (cadr elem) :contents-begin)
-                         (plist-get (cadr elem) :contents-end)))) "")))
+                      (replace-regexp-in-string "^✱" "*"
+			       (replace-regexp-in-string
+				"\\`\\(?: *<[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9].*?>$\\)\n?\n?" ""
+				(replace-regexp-in-string
+				 " *:PROPERTIES:\n  \\(.*\\(?:\n.*\\)*?\\) :END:\n\n" ""
+				 (buffer-substring-no-properties
+				  (plist-get (cadr elem) :contents-begin)
+				  (plist-get (cadr elem) :contents-end))))) "")))
       (org-gcal--post-event start end smry loc desc id nil skip-import))))
 
 (defun org-gcal-request-authorization ()
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ TO.  Instead an empty string is returned."
                       end
                     (org-gcal--iso-previous-day end)))))) "\n"
 		    (when desc "\n")
-		    desc
+		    (when desc (replace-regexp-in-string "^\*" "✱" desc))
 		    (when desc (if (string= "\n" (org-gcal--safe-substring desc -1)) "" "\n")))))
 
 (defun org-gcal--format-date (str format &optional tz)