diff --git a/src/configs/ubiquibot-config-default.ts b/src/configs/ubiquibot-config-default.ts
index 9598ef782..9010a8907 100644
--- a/src/configs/ubiquibot-config-default.ts
+++ b/src/configs/ubiquibot-config-default.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export const DefaultConfig: MergedConfig = {
       totals: {
         word: 0,
       },
+      ignore_children: ["code", "i", "em", "blockquote", "pre"],
     },
   },
   enableAccessControl: {
diff --git a/src/handlers/payout/post.ts b/src/handlers/payout/post.ts
index e1ef60e76..8ed8ce163 100644
--- a/src/handlers/payout/post.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/payout/post.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getWalletAddress } from "../../adapters/supabase";
 import { getBotContext, getLogger } from "../../bindings";
 import { getAllIssueComments, getAllPullRequestReviews, getIssueDescription, parseComments } from "../../helpers";
 import { getLatestPullRequest, gitLinkedPrParser } from "../../helpers/parser";
-import { Incentives, MarkdownItem, Payload, UserType } from "../../types";
+import { Incentives, Payload, UserType } from "../../types";
 import { RewardsResponse, commentParser } from "../comment";
 import Decimal from "decimal.js";
 import { bountyInfo } from "../wildcard";
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export interface CreatorCommentResult {
   user?: string | undefined;
 }
 
-const ItemsToExclude: string[] = [MarkdownItem.BlockQuote];
 /**
  * Incentivize the contributors based on their contribution.
  * The default formula has been defined in https://github.com/ubiquity/ubiquibot/issues/272
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export const calculateIssueConversationReward = async (calculateIncentives: Ince
 
   for (const user of Object.keys(issueCommentsByUser)) {
     const commentsByUser = issueCommentsByUser[user];
-    const commentsByNode = await parseComments(commentsByUser.comments, ItemsToExclude);
+    const commentsByNode = await parseComments(commentsByUser.comments);
     const rewardValue = calculateRewardValue(commentsByNode, calculateIncentives.incentives);
     if (rewardValue.sum.equals(0)) {
       logger.info(`Skipping to generate a permit url because the reward value is 0. user: ${user}`);
@@ -234,8 +233,9 @@ export const calculatePullRequestReviewsReward = async (incentivesCalculation: I
 
   for (const user of Object.keys(prReviewsByUser)) {
     const commentByUser = prReviewsByUser[user];
-    const commentsByNode = await parseComments(commentByUser.comments, ItemsToExclude);
+    const commentsByNode = await parseComments(commentByUser.comments);
     const rewardValue = calculateRewardValue(commentsByNode, incentivesCalculation.incentives);
+
     if (rewardValue.sum.equals(0)) {
       logger.info(`calculatePullRequestReviewsReward: Skipping to generate a permit url because the reward value is 0. user: ${user}`);
       continue;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ const generatePermitForComments = async (
   paymentPermitMaxPrice: number
 ): Promise<undefined | { account: string; amountInETH: Decimal }> => {
   const logger = getLogger();
-  const commentsByNode = await parseComments(comments, ItemsToExclude);
+  const commentsByNode = await parseComments(comments);
   const rewardValue = calculateRewardValue(commentsByNode, incentives);
   if (rewardValue.sum.equals(0)) {
     logger.info(`No reward for the user: ${user}. comments: ${JSON.stringify(commentsByNode)}, sum: ${rewardValue}`);
diff --git a/src/helpers/comment.ts b/src/helpers/comment.ts
index 7be39376c..8cb3ebbeb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/comment.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/comment.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Decimal from "decimal.js";
 import { isEmpty } from "lodash";
 import * as parse5 from "parse5";
+import { getBotConfig } from "../bindings";
 
 type Node = {
   nodeName: string;
@@ -9,30 +10,26 @@ type Node = {
   childNodes?: Node[];
 };
 
-const traverse = (result: Record<string, string[]>, node: Node, itemsToExclude: string[]): Record<string, string[]> => {
-  if (itemsToExclude.includes(node.nodeName)) {
-    return result;
-  }
-
+const traverse = (result: Record<string, string[]>, node: Node): Record<string, string[]> => {
   if (!result[node.nodeName]) {
     result[node.nodeName] = [];
   }
 
   result[node.nodeName].push(node.value?.trim() ?? "");
 
-  if (node.childNodes && node.childNodes.length > 0) {
-    node.childNodes.forEach((child) => traverse(result, child, itemsToExclude));
+  if (node.childNodes && node.childNodes.length > 0 && !getBotConfig().price.incentives.comment.ignore_children?.includes(node.nodeName)) {
+    node.childNodes.forEach((child) => traverse(result, child));
   }
 
   return result;
 };
 
-export const parseComments = (comments: string[], itemsToExclude: string[]): Record<string, string[]> => {
+export const parseComments = (comments: string[]): Record<string, string[]> => {
   const result: Record<string, string[]> = {};
 
   for (const comment of comments) {
     const fragment = parse5.parseFragment(comment);
-    traverse(result, fragment as Node, itemsToExclude);
+    traverse(result, fragment as Node);
   }
 
   // remove empty values
diff --git a/src/types/config.ts b/src/types/config.ts
index a22683a28..49a277931 100644
--- a/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const CommentIncentivesSchema = Type.Object(
       },
       { additionalProperties: false }
     ),
+    ignore_children: Type.Optional(Type.Array(Type.String())),
   },
   { additionalProperties: false }
 );