diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8653a2..3840dcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Group Up - An Event Scheduling Discord Bot | V1.1.5 - 2024/06/28
+# Group Up - An Event Scheduling Discord Bot | V1.1.6 - 2024/07/06
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diff --git a/config.example.ts b/config.example.ts
index 762af31..e2738b1 100644
--- a/config.example.ts
+++ b/config.example.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export const config = { // !! NOTICE !! All fields below are required unless they are explicitly noted as OPTIONAL.  If a field is OPTIONAL, do not remove it from this file, just leave it at the default value
 	'name': 'Group Up', // Name of the bot
-	'version': '1.1.5', // Version of the bot
+	'version': '1.1.6', // Version of the bot
 	'token': 'the_bot_token', // Discord API Token for this bot
 	'localToken': 'local_testing_token', // Discord API Token for a secondary OPTIONAL testing bot, THIS SHOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM "token"
 	'prefix': '/', // Prefix for all commands, as this bot uses slash commands, this needs to be '/'
diff --git a/src/buttons/eventUtils.ts b/src/buttons/eventUtils.ts
index 59bb810..3e4d22e 100644
--- a/src/buttons/eventUtils.ts
+++ b/src/buttons/eventUtils.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ export const alternateEventBtnStr = 'Join as Alternate';
 export const noDescProvided = 'No description provided.';
 
 // Member List generators
+const escapeMemberNameForDisplay = (memberName: string): string => memberName.replaceAll('\\', '').replaceAll('_', '\\_');
 export const generateMemberTitle = (memberList: Array<LFGMember>, maxMembers: number): string => `Members Joined: ${memberList.length}/${maxMembers}`;
-export const generateMemberList = (memberList: Array<LFGMember>): string => memberList.length ? memberList.map((member) => `\`${member.name}\` - <@${member.id}>`).join('\n') : noMembersStr;
+export const generateMemberList = (memberList: Array<LFGMember>): string =>
+	memberList.length ? memberList.map((member) => `${escapeMemberNameForDisplay(member.name)} - <@${member.id}>`).join('\n') : noMembersStr;
 export const generateAlternateList = (alternateList: Array<LFGMember>): string =>
-	alternateList.length ? alternateList.map((member) => `\`${member.name}\` - <@${member.id}>${member.joined ? ' *' : ''}`).join('\n') : noMembersStr;
+	alternateList.length ? alternateList.map((member) => `${escapeMemberNameForDisplay(member.name)} - <@${member.id}>${member.joined ? ' *' : ''}`).join('\n') : noMembersStr;
 
 // Fields for event creation and editing modals
 export const eventTimeId = 'eventTime';