diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebd0d6e..a3fa007 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ class Commenter extends NovaCommenter
 
 Then use this class instead of the default `Commenter` class within your resources.
 
+### Customizing the comment
+
+By default, the `Comment` model will strip tags from the comment body. If you would like to modify this behavior, you can pass an callback to the `Comment::whenCreating` method. This callback will receive the comment model instance as a parameter.
+
+```php
+Comment::whenCreating(function (Comment $comment) {
+    $comment->comment = strip_tags($comment->comment);
+});
+```
+
+```php
+
 ## Changelog
 
 Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.
diff --git a/src/Models/Comment.php b/src/Models/Comment.php
index 30548a7..8d7c29a 100644
--- a/src/Models/Comment.php
+++ b/src/Models/Comment.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace KirschbaumDevelopment\NovaComments\Models;
 
+use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo;
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ class Comment extends Model
      */
     protected $table = 'nova_comments';
 
+    /**
+     * @var Closure|callable|null
+     */
+    protected static $whenCreating = null;
+
     /**
      * The "booting" method of the model.
      */
@@ -24,13 +30,17 @@ public static function boot(): void
     {
         parent::boot();
 
-        static::creating(
-            function ($comment): void {
-                if (auth()->check()) {
-                    $comment->commenter_id = auth()->id();
-                }
+        static::creating(function ($comment): void {
+            if (auth()->check()) {
+                $comment->commenter_id = auth()->id();
+            }
+
+            if (static::$whenCreating) {
+                call_user_func(static::$whenCreating, $comment);
+            } else {
+                $comment->comment = strip_tags($comment->comment);
             }
-        );
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -48,4 +58,12 @@ public function commenter(): BelongsTo
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(config('auth.providers.users.model'), 'commenter_id');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Closure|callable $callback
+     */
+    public static function whenCreating($callback): void
+    {
+        static::$whenCreating = $callback;
+    }
 }