diff --git a/ext/bbcode/main.php b/ext/bbcode/main.php
index 811adeb8..aa6128e6 100644
--- a/ext/bbcode/main.php
+++ b/ext/bbcode/main.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class BBCode extends Extension {
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[ul\](.*?)\[\/ul\]/s", "<ul>\\1</ul>", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[ol\](.*?)\[\/ol\]/s", "<ol>\\1</ol>", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[li\](.*?)\[\/li\]/s", "<li>\\1</li>", $text);
+		$text = preg_replace("#\[\*\]#s", "<li>", $text);
+		$text = preg_replace("#<br><(li|ul|ol|/ul|/ol)>#s", "<\\1>", $text);
 		return $text;
 	}
 
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ class BBCode extends Extension {
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[ul\](.*?)\[\/ul\]/s", "\\1", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[ol\](.*?)\[\/ol\]/s", "\\1", $text);
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[li\](.*?)\[\/li\]/s", "\\1", $text);
+		$text = preg_replace("/\[\*\](.*?)/s", "\\1", $text);
 		return $text;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/themes/default/style.css b/themes/default/style.css
index 49084c00..968efb48 100644
--- a/themes/default/style.css
+++ b/themes/default/style.css
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ BLOCKQUOTE {
 	background: #DDD;
 }
 
+UL {
+	text-align: left;
+}
+
 /* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 *             the navigation bar, and all its blocks             *
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */