diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60b1992..08b56e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ammonia"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64e6d1c7838db705c9b756557ee27c384ce695a1c51a6fe528784cb1c6840170"
+dependencies = [
+ "html5ever",
+ "maplit",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tendril",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -585,6 +598,16 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c2141d6d6c8512188a7891b4b01590a45f6dac67afb4f255c4124dbb86d4eaa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futf"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df420e2e84819663797d1ec6544b13c5be84629e7bb00dc960d6917db2987843"
+dependencies = [
+ "mac",
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -1006,6 +1029,36 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "html2pango"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e22f189d26bf7cf4652dbe49da86f3a27628f745469365f1d2575ea8caf54eaf"
+dependencies = [
+ "ammonia",
+ "anyhow",
+ "html5ever",
+ "linkify",
+ "maplit",
+ "markup5ever_rcdom",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "html5ever"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bea68cab48b8459f17cf1c944c67ddc572d272d9f2b274140f223ecb1da4a3b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -1226,7 +1279,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "lemoa"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "html2pango",
  "lemmy_api_common",
+ "markdown",
  "relm4",
  "relm4-components",
  "reqwest",
@@ -1273,6 +1328,15 @@ version = "0.2.146"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linkify"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "96dd5884008358112bc66093362197c7248ece00d46624e2cf71e50029f8cff5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1313,6 +1377,55 @@ version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b06a4cde4c0f271a446782e3eff8de789548ce57dbc8eca9292c27f4a42004b4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mac"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "markdown"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef3aab6a1d529b112695f72beec5ee80e729cb45af58663ec902c8fac764ecdd"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "pipeline",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a2629bb1404f3d34c2e921f21fd34ba00b206124c81f65c50b43b6aaefeb016"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "phf",
+ "phf_codegen",
+ "string_cache",
+ "string_cache_codegen",
+ "tendril",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever_rcdom"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9521dd6750f8e80ee6c53d65e2e4656d7de37064f3a7a5d2d11d05df93839c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "html5ever",
+ "markup5ever",
+ "tendril",
+ "xml5ever",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1373,6 +1486,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "new_debug_unreachable"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1524,6 +1643,44 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "phf"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fabbf1ead8a5bcbc20f5f8b939ee3f5b0f6f281b6ad3468b84656b658b455259"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_codegen"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb1c3a8bc4dd4e5cfce29b44ffc14bedd2ee294559a294e2a4d4c9e9a6a13cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator",
+ "phf_shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_generator"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d5285893bb5eb82e6aaf5d59ee909a06a16737a8970984dd7746ba9283498d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared",
+ "rand",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_shared"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6796ad771acdc0123d2a88dc428b5e38ef24456743ddb1744ed628f9815c096"
+dependencies = [
+ "siphasher",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1556,6 +1713,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pipeline"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d15b6607fa632996eb8a17c9041cb6071cb75ac057abd45dece578723ea8c7c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.27"
@@ -1568,6 +1731,12 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "precomputed-hash"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -1915,6 +2084,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "siphasher"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bd3e3206899af3f8b12af284fafc038cc1dc2b41d1b89dd17297221c5d225de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1949,6 +2124,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f91138e76242f575eb1d3b38b4f1362f10d3a43f47d182a5b359af488a02293b"
+dependencies = [
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "phf_shared",
+ "precomputed-hash",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache_codegen"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bb30289b722be4ff74a408c3cc27edeaad656e06cb1fe8fa9231fa59c728988"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator",
+ "phf_shared",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.24.1"
@@ -2023,6 +2224,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tendril"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d24a120c5fc464a3458240ee02c299ebcb9d67b5249c8848b09d639dca8d7bb0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futf",
+ "mac",
+ "utf-8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -2366,6 +2578,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf-8"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.3.4"
@@ -2653,3 +2871,14 @@ checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
 dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xml5ever"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4034e1d05af98b51ad7214527730626f019682d797ba38b51689212118d8e650"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b0b8c6a..1bd3a11 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ relm4-components = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["web"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.16", features = ["json", "blocking"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.160", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
-lemmy_api_common = { git = "https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy.git", tag = "0.17.2" }
\ No newline at end of file
+lemmy_api_common = { git = "https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy.git", tag = "0.17.2" }
+markdown = "0.3.0"
+html2pango = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/src/components/comment_row.rs b/src/components/comment_row.rs
index 8bd16d7..b8ae8f8 100644
--- a/src/components/comment_row.rs
+++ b/src/components/comment_row.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use gtk::prelude::*;
 use relm4_components::web_image::WebImage;
 
 use crate::util::get_web_image_url;
+use crate::util::markdown_to_pango_markup;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct CommentRow {
@@ -56,8 +57,9 @@ impl FactoryComponent for CommentRow {
             },
             
             gtk::Label {
-               set_label: &self.comment.comment.content,
+               set_markup: &markdown_to_pango_markup(self.comment.comment.content.clone()),
                set_halign: gtk::Align::Start,
+               set_use_markup: true,
             },
 
             gtk::Label {
diff --git a/src/components/community_page.rs b/src/components/community_page.rs
index 32f3f9e..f3290f7 100644
--- a/src/components/community_page.rs
+++ b/src/components/community_page.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::util::markdown_to_pango_markup;
 use lemmy_api_common::{community::GetCommunityResponse, lemmy_db_views::structs::PostView};
 use relm4::{prelude::*, factory::FactoryVecDeque};
 use gtk::prelude::*;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ impl SimpleComponent for CommunityPage {
                 },
                 gtk::Label {
                     #[watch]
-                    set_text: &model.info.clone().community_view.community.description.unwrap_or("".to_string()),
+                    set_markup: &markdown_to_pango_markup(model.info.clone().community_view.community.description.unwrap_or("".to_string())),
+                    set_use_markup: true,
                 },
                 gtk::Label {
                     #[watch]
diff --git a/src/components/post_page.rs b/src/components/post_page.rs
index d5fd41f..04316e1 100644
--- a/src/components/post_page.rs
+++ b/src/components/post_page.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use relm4::{prelude::*, factory::FactoryVecDeque};
 use gtk::prelude::*;
 use relm4_components::web_image::WebImage;
 
-use crate::{api, util::{get_web_image_msg, get_web_image_url}};
+use crate::{api, util::{get_web_image_msg, get_web_image_url, markdown_to_pango_markup}};
 
 use super::comment_row::CommentRow;
 
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ impl SimpleComponent for PostPage {
                 },
                 gtk::Label {
                     #[watch]
-                    set_text: &model.info.clone().post_view.post.body.unwrap_or("".to_string()),
+                    set_markup: &markdown_to_pango_markup(model.info.post_view.post.body.clone().unwrap_or("".to_string())),
                     set_margin_top: 10,
+                    set_use_markup: true,
                 },
 
                 gtk::Box {
diff --git a/src/components/profile_page.rs b/src/components/profile_page.rs
index 93207a3..ce817b0 100644
--- a/src/components/profile_page.rs
+++ b/src/components/profile_page.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use gtk::prelude::*;
 use relm4_components::web_image::WebImage;
 
 use crate::util::get_web_image_msg;
+use crate::util::markdown_to_pango_markup;
 
 use super::post_row::PostRow;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ impl SimpleComponent for ProfilePage {
                 },
                 gtk::Label {
                     #[watch]
-                    set_text: &model.info.person_view.person.bio.clone().unwrap_or("".to_string()),
+                    set_markup: &markdown_to_pango_markup(model.info.person_view.person.bio.clone().unwrap_or("".to_string())),
+                    set_use_markup: true,
                 },
 
                 gtk::Box {
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 73000bf..546b1e9 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ pub fn get_web_image_url(url: Option<DbUrl>) -> String {
         url.to_string()
     } else { String::from("") }
 }
+
+pub fn markdown_to_pango_markup(text: String) -> String {
+    return html2pango::markup_html(&markdown::to_html(&text)).unwrap_or(text)
+}
\ No newline at end of file