diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index e04a308f8..a965502a7 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ export function messageFormatting(mes, ch_name, isSystem, isUser, messageId, san
         }
 
         mes = mes.replace(
-            /```[\s\S]*?```|``[\s\S]*?``|`[\s\S]*?`|(".*?")|(\u201C.*?\u201D)|(\u00AB.*?\u00BB)|(\u300C.*?\u300D)|(\u300E.*?\u300F)|(\uFF02.*?\uFF02)/gm,
+            /```[\s\S]*?```|~~~[\s\S]*?~~~|``[\s\S]*?``|`[\s\S]*?`|(".*?")|(\u201C.*?\u201D)|(\u00AB.*?\u00BB)|(\u300C.*?\u300D)|(\u300E.*?\u300F)|(\uFF02.*?\uFF02)/gm,
             function (match, p1, p2, p3, p4, p5, p6) {
                 if (p1) {
                     // English double quotes
@@ -3333,7 +3333,7 @@ class StreamingProcessor {
             stoppingStrings: this.stoppingStrings,
         });
 
-        const charsToBalance = ['*', '"', '```'];
+        const charsToBalance = ['*', '"', '```', '~~~'];
         for (const char of charsToBalance) {
             if (!isFinal && isOdd(countOccurrences(processedText, char))) {
                 const separator = char.length > 1 ? '\n' : '';
diff --git a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
index a3067bd37..01af0e4f2 100644
--- a/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
+++ b/public/scripts/extensions/tts/index.js
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ async function processTtsQueue() {
     if (extension_settings.tts.skip_codeblocks) {
         text = text.replace(/^\s{4}.*$/gm, '').trim();
         text = text.replace(/```.*?```/gs, '').trim();
+        text = text.replace(/~~~.*?~~~/gs, '').trim();
     }
 
     if (extension_settings.tts.skip_tags) {