diff --git a/vanilla/webapp/app.py b/vanilla/webapp/app.py
index 6e95b91..8905bee 100644
--- a/vanilla/webapp/app.py
+++ b/vanilla/webapp/app.py
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ def global_template_context():
 
 @app.template_filter()
 def markdown(text):
-    return markupsafe.Markup(mistune.html(text))
+    markdown = mistune.create_markdown(escape=False)
+    return markupsafe.Markup(markdown(text))
 
 
 def class_reference(component=None):