diff --git a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index e3b028e..f4487b6 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@ class MarkItDown:
         requests_session: Optional[requests.Session] = None,
         mlm_client: Optional[Any] = None,
         mlm_model: Optional[Any] = None,
+        style_map: Optional[str] = None,
     ):
         if requests_session is None:
             self._requests_session = requests.Session()
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@ class MarkItDown:
 
         self._mlm_client = mlm_client
         self._mlm_model = mlm_model
+        self._style_map = style_map
 
         self._page_converters: List[DocumentConverter] = []
 
@@ -1038,6 +1040,9 @@ class MarkItDown:
                 if "mlm_model" not in _kwargs and self._mlm_model is not None:
                     _kwargs["mlm_model"] = self._mlm_model
 
+                if "style_map" not in _kwargs and self._style_map is not None:
+                    _kwargs["style_map"] = self._style_map
+
                 # If we hit an error log it and keep trying
                 try:
                     res = converter.convert(local_path, **_kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/test_markitdown.py b/tests/test_markitdown.py
index e069813..1a75ec7 100644
--- a/tests/test_markitdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_markitdown.py
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ def test_markitdown_local() -> None:
         text_content = result.text_content.replace("\\", "")
         assert test_string in text_content
 
+    # Test DOCX processing, with comments and setting style_map on init
+    markitdown_with_style_map = MarkItDown(style_map="comment-reference => ")
+    result = markitdown_with_style_map.convert(
+        os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, "test_with_comment.docx")
+    )
+    for test_string in DOCX_COMMENT_TEST_STRINGS:
+        text_content = result.text_content.replace("\\", "")
+        assert test_string in text_content
+
     # Test PPTX processing
     result = markitdown.convert(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, "test.pptx"))
     for test_string in PPTX_TEST_STRINGS: