diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index 1306cef5..f32f0985 100755
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import re
 import textwrap
 from datetime import datetime
-from .util import split_title
+from .util import split_title, bold
 
 
 class Entry:
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Entry:
             return title
         else:
             return "{title}{sep}{body}\n".format(
-                title=title,
+                title=bold(title),
                 sep="\n" if has_body else "",
                 body=body if has_body else "",
             )
diff --git a/jrnl/util.py b/jrnl/util.py
index f6a7735f..67142df2 100644
--- a/jrnl/util.py
+++ b/jrnl/util.py
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ def colorize(string):
     return u"\033[36m{}\033[39m".format(string)
 
 
+def bold(string):
+    """Returns the string wrapped in bold ANSI escape"""
+    return u"\033[1m{}\033[0m".format(string)
+
+
 def slugify(string):
     """Slugifies a string.
     Based on public domain code from https://github.com/zacharyvoase/slugify