diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
index 1e00cf2f..697001ba 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class MarkdownExporter(TextExporter):
 
         '''Increase heading levels in body text'''
         newbody = ''
-        heading = '###'
+        heading = '#'
         previous_line = ''
         warn_on_heading_level = False
         for line in entry.body.splitlines(True):