diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 385bc4d..8690976 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getopts"
+version = "0.2.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cba6ae63eb948698e300f645f87c70f76630d505f23b8907cf1e193ee85048c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.1.16"
@@ -239,6 +248,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "kuchikiki",
  "markup5ever 0.11.0",
  "mlua",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
  "tendril",
 ]
 
@@ -626,6 +636,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e8bbe1a966bd2f362681a44f6edce3c2310ac21e4d5067a6e7ec396297a6ea0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.1",
+ "getopts",
+ "memchr",
+ "pulldown-cmark-escape",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-escape"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "007d8adb5ddab6f8e3f491ac63566a7d5002cc7ed73901f72057943fa71ae1ae"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -931,12 +960,24 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bc7d623258602320d5c55d1bc22793b57daff0ec7efc270ea7d55ce1d5f5471c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75b844d17643ee918803943289730bec8aac480150456169e647ed0b576ba539"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a5f39404a5da50712a4c1eecf25e90dd62b613502b7e925fd4e4d19b5c96512"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a1a07cc7db3810833284e8d372ccdc6da29741639ecc70c9ec107df0fa6154c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf-8"
 version = "0.7.6"
diff --git a/htmlua-parser/Cargo.toml b/htmlua-parser/Cargo.toml
index c3ecb0f..436844d 100644
--- a/htmlua-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/htmlua-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ html5ever = "0.35.0"
 kuchikiki = "0.8.2"
 markup5ever = "0.11.0"
 mlua = { version = "0.10.5", features = ["lua54", "vendored", "serialize"] }
+pulldown-cmark = "0.13.0"
 tendril = "0.4.3"
 
 
diff --git a/htmlua-parser/src/render.rs b/htmlua-parser/src/render.rs
index 1ea99a0..927eb35 100644
--- a/htmlua-parser/src/render.rs
+++ b/htmlua-parser/src/render.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::fmt::Write;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::{cell::RefCell, fmt::Write, fs::read_to_string, path::PathBuf, rc::Rc};
 
-use anyhow::Result;
-use anyhow::anyhow;
-use kuchikiki::NodeRef;
+use anyhow::{Result, anyhow};
+use kuchikiki::{NodeRef, traits::TendrilSink};
 use mlua::{Lua, Table};
+use pulldown_cmark::{Options, Parser, html};
 
 use crate::helpers::read_doc_from_file;
 
@@ -70,6 +67,30 @@ pub fn execute_lua(document: NodeRef) -> Result<NodeRef> {
     Ok(document)
 }
 
+pub fn process_markdown(document: NodeRef) -> Result<NodeRef> {
+    let markdown_elements: Vec<_> = match document.select("markdown") {
+        Ok(e) => e.collect(),
+        Err(()) => return Err(anyhow!("Unable to find markdown elements")),
+    };
+    for node in markdown_elements {
+        if let Some(text_node) = node.as_node().first_child() {
+            if let Some(markdown_text) = text_node.as_text() {
+                let borrowed_text = markdown_text.borrow();
+                let parser = Parser::new_ext(&borrowed_text, Options::all());
+                let mut html_output = String::new();
+                html::push_html(&mut html_output, parser);
+                let html_fragment = kuchikiki::parse_html().one(html_output);
+                for child in html_fragment.children() {
+                    node.as_node().insert_before(child);
+                }
+                // Remove the original markdown node.
+                node.as_node().detach();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(document)
+}
+
 pub fn expand_template(document: NodeRef, component_path: &PathBuf, include_from: Option<&NodeRef>) -> Result<NodeRef> {
     if let Some(from_node) = include_from {
         for i in document
@@ -269,4 +290,33 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(d.select_first("exportelement").is_err());
         assert!(d.select_first("includeelement").is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn basic_markdown() {
+        let page = r#"
+            <!DOCTYPE html>
+            <html>
+            <head>
+                <title>Markdown Test</title>
+            </head>
+            <body>
+                <h1>Hello World</h1>
+                <div>
+                    <markdown>
+# This is a heading
+This is a paragraph with **bold text** and *italic text*.
+
+- Item 1
+- Item 2
+- Item 3
+                    </markdown>
+                </div>
+            </body>
+            </html>"#;
+        let document = kuchikiki::parse_html().one(page);
+        let d = process_markdown(document).unwrap();
+        assert!(d.select_first("markdown").is_err());
+        assert!(d.select_first("p").is_ok());
+        assert!(d.select_first("ul").is_ok());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/htmlua-parser/src/serve.rs b/htmlua-parser/src/serve.rs
index 370d2e9..981cdf6 100644
--- a/htmlua-parser/src/serve.rs
+++ b/htmlua-parser/src/serve.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 use crate::helpers::read_doc_from_file;
 
-use super::render::execute_lua;
-use super::render::expand_template;
+use super::render::{execute_lua, expand_template, process_markdown};
 use anyhow::Result;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf}
+;
 
 pub fn serve_content(request_uri: &str) -> Result<String> {
     // TODO: read from config
     let pages = PathBuf::from("/var/www/htmlua/pages");
     let components = PathBuf::from("/var/www/htmlua/components");
-
     let safe_path = Path::new(request_uri).strip_prefix("/")?;
     let page_path = pages.join(safe_path);
 
     let doc = read_doc_from_file(page_path)?;
 
     let full_doc = expand_template(doc, &components, None)?;
-    let executed_doc = execute_lua(full_doc)?;
-
+    let markdown_doc = process_markdown(full_doc)?;
+    let executed_doc = execute_lua(markdown_doc)?;
     Ok(executed_doc.to_string())
 }