diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f8aa111..15d4f416 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ sudo emerge -a ">=dev-qt/qtgui-5.10.0" media-libs/fontconfig dev-libs/qtkeychain
 
 ```bash
 # Build requirements + qml modules needed at runtime (you may not need all of them, but the following seem to work according to reports):
-sudo apt install g++ cmake zlib1g-dev libssl-dev qt{base,declarative,tools,multimedia,quickcontrols2-}5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libolm-dev liblmdb++-dev libcmark-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libspdlog-dev libgtest-dev qml-module-qt{gstreamer,multimedia,quick-extras,-labs-settings,graphicaleffects,quick-controls2} qt5keychain-dev
+sudo apt install g++ cmake zlib1g-dev libssl-dev qt{base,declarative,tools,multimedia,quickcontrols2-}5-dev libqt5svg5-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libolm-dev liblmdb++-dev libcmark-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libspdlog-dev libgtest-dev qml-module-qt{gstreamer,multimedia,quick-extras,-labs-settings,-labs-platform,graphicaleffects,quick-controls2} qt5keychain-dev
 ```
 This will install all dependencies, except for tweeny (use bundled tweeny)
 and mtxclient (needs to be build separately).
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ and mtxclient (needs to be build separately).
 sudo apt install cmake gcc make automake liblmdb-dev \
     qt5-default libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev \
     qml-module-qtgstreamer qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev \
-    qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts \
+    qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts  qml-module-qt-labs-platform\
     qt5keychain-dev
 ```
 
diff --git a/resources/qml/RoomSettings.qml b/resources/qml/RoomSettings.qml
index b37dab76..58e34a8f 100644
--- a/resources/qml/RoomSettings.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/RoomSettings.qml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import QtQuick 2.9
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.3
-import QtQuick.Dialogs 1.2
+import Qt.labs.platform 1.1 as Platform
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2
 import QtQuick.Window 2.3
 import im.nheko 1.0
@@ -110,18 +110,25 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
         ScrollView {
             Layout.maximumHeight: 75
-            ScrollBar.horizontal.policy: ScrollBar.AlwaysOff
             Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
-            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            width: parent.width
 
             TextArea {
-                text: roomSettings.roomTopic
-                wrapMode: TextEdit.WordWrap
+                text: TimelineManager.escapeEmoji(roomSettings.roomTopic)
+		wrapMode: TextEdit.WordWrap
+		textFormat: TextEdit.RichText
                 readOnly: true
                 background: null
                 selectByMouse: true
                 color: colors.text
-                horizontalAlignment: TextEdit.AlignHCenter
+		horizontalAlignment: TextEdit.AlignHCenter
+
+		onLinkActivated: TimelineManager.openLink(link);
+
+    CursorShape {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        cursorShape: parent.hoveredLink ? Qt.PointingHandCursor : Qt.ArrowCursor
+    }
             }
 
         }
@@ -186,14 +193,13 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                 Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
             }
 
-            MessageDialog {
+            Platform.MessageDialog {
                 id: confirmEncryptionDialog
 
                 title: qsTr("End-to-End Encryption")
                 text: qsTr("Encryption is currently experimental and things might break unexpectedly. <br>
                             Please take note that it can't be disabled afterwards.")
                 modality: Qt.WindowModal
-                icon: StandardIcon.Question
                 onAccepted: {
                     if (roomSettings.isEncryptionEnabled)
                         return ;
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                 onRejected: {
                     encryptionToggle.checked = false;
                 }
-                standardButtons: Dialog.Ok | Dialog.Cancel
+                buttons: Dialog.Ok | Dialog.Cancel
             }
 
             MatrixText {
diff --git a/src/ui/RoomSettings.cpp b/src/ui/RoomSettings.cpp
index aa6f60a0..a264c78b 100644
--- a/src/ui/RoomSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/RoomSettings.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ RoomSettings::roomName() const
 QString
 RoomSettings::roomTopic() const
 {
-        return QString::fromStdString(info_.topic);
+        return utils::linkifyMessage(QString::fromStdString(info_.topic).toHtmlEscaped());
 }
 
 QString
@@ -622,4 +622,4 @@ RoomSettings::updateAvatar()
                             emit proxy->stopLoading();
                     });
           });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}