diff --git a/src/main/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.ts b/src/main/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.ts
index 4660f6f..4a2fcca 100644
--- a/src/main/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.ts
+++ b/src/main/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ export class ImportAnalysisEngine {
       headingStyle: 'atx',
       codeBlockStyle: 'fenced',
       bulletListMarker: '-',
+      emDelimiter: '*',
     });
 
     // Custom rule for list items: use single space after marker instead of multiple spaces
diff --git a/src/main/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.ts b/src/main/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.ts
index 42389b2..c181e24 100644
--- a/src/main/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.ts
+++ b/src/main/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ export class ImportExecutionEngine extends EventEmitter {
       headingStyle: 'atx',
       codeBlockStyle: 'fenced',
       bulletListMarker: '-',
+      emDelimiter: '*',
     });
 
     // Custom rule for list items: use single space after marker instead of multiple spaces
diff --git a/tests/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.test.ts b/tests/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.test.ts
index a8f0ed8..2353d9a 100644
--- a/tests/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/ImportAnalysisEngine.test.ts
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ describe('ImportAnalysisEngine', () => {
 
       const report = await engine.analyzeWxr(wxrData, '/test.xml');
 
-      // Should use title as alt text and include title in markdown
-      expect(report.posts.items[0].markdownPreview).toContain('![My Title](http://example.com/full.jpg "My Title")');
+      // Should use title as alt text (but not include title in markdown - cleaner output)
+      expect(report.posts.items[0].markdownPreview).toContain('![My Title](http://example.com/full.jpg)');
     });
 
     it('should extract filename as alt text when both alt and title are empty', async () => {
diff --git a/tests/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.e2e.test.ts b/tests/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.e2e.test.ts
index 9fc4ee4..47408ce 100644
--- a/tests/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/tests/engine/ImportExecutionEngine.e2e.test.ts
@@ -440,13 +440,14 @@ describe('ImportExecutionEngine E2E Tests', () => {
 
       // Linked image with empty alt should become a plain image with filename-derived alt
       // The link target is the full-size image, so use that for the image src
-      expect(content).toContain('![full-size.png](http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/full-size.png)');
+      // Note: extension is stripped from alt text for cleaner output
+      expect(content).toContain('![full-size](http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/full-size.png)');
 
       // Linked image with no alt attribute (link and image different)
-      expect(content).toContain('![photo.jpg](http://example.com/gallery/photo.jpg)');
+      expect(content).toContain('![photo](http://example.com/gallery/photo.jpg)');
 
       // Linked image where link and src are the same
-      expect(content).toContain('![photo.jpg](http://example.com/photo.jpg)');
+      expect(content).toContain('![photo](http://example.com/photo.jpg)');
 
       // Image with proper alt inside link should preserve the alt text
       expect(content).toContain('![Company Logo](http://example.com/logo.png)');