diff --git a/core/model/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/model/remote/PostPayload.kt b/core/model/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/model/remote/PostPayload.kt
index ae9e49530..7ce960ffc 100644
--- a/core/model/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/model/remote/PostPayload.kt
+++ b/core/model/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/model/remote/PostPayload.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ data class PostPayload(
   val title: String,
   val link: String,
   val description: String,
+  val rawContent: String?,
   val imageUrl: String?,
   val date: Long,
   val commentsLink: String?
diff --git a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/AtomContentParser.kt b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/AtomContentParser.kt
index b99130988..b2f406ff6 100644
--- a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/AtomContentParser.kt
+++ b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/AtomContentParser.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ internal object AtomContentParser : ContentParser() {
     var title: String? = null
     var link: String? = null
     var content: String? = null
+    var rawContent: String? = null
     var date: String? = null
     var image: String? = null
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ internal object AtomContentParser : ContentParser() {
           }
         }
         TAG_CONTENT -> {
-          val rawContent = readTagText(tagName, parser)
+          rawContent = readTagText(tagName, parser).trimIndent()
           KsoupHtmlParser(
               handler =
                 HtmlContentParser {
@@ -144,8 +145,9 @@ internal object AtomContentParser : ContentParser() {
 
     return PostPayload(
       title = FeedParser.cleanText(title, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
-      description = FeedParser.cleanTextCompact(content, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
       link = FeedParser.cleanText(link)!!,
+      description = FeedParser.cleanTextCompact(content, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
+      rawContent = rawContent,
       imageUrl = FeedParser.safeUrl(hostLink, image),
       date = postPubDateInMillis ?: Clock.System.now().toEpochMilliseconds(),
       commentsLink = null
diff --git a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/FeedParser.kt b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/FeedParser.kt
index d78d54084..189812f0f 100644
--- a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/FeedParser.kt
+++ b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/FeedParser.kt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class FeedParser(private val dispatchersProvider: DispatchersProvider) {
     }
 
     private fun isAbsoluteUrl(url: String): Boolean {
-      val pattern = """^(?:\w+:)?//""".toRegex()
+      val pattern = """^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\+\-\.]*:""".toRegex()
       return pattern.containsMatchIn(url)
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/RssContentParser.kt b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/RssContentParser.kt
index a709bfdf0..421bf4dde 100644
--- a/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/RssContentParser.kt
+++ b/core/network/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/core/network/parser/RssContentParser.kt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ internal object RssContentParser : ContentParser() {
     var title: String? = null
     var link: String? = null
     var description: String? = null
+    var rawContent: String? = null
     var date: String? = null
     var image: String? = null
     var commentsLink: String? = null
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ internal object RssContentParser : ContentParser() {
         }
         name == TAG_DESCRIPTION || name == TAG_CONTENT_ENCODED -> {
           description = readTagText(name, parser)
+          rawContent = description.trimIndent()
         }
         name == TAG_PUB_DATE -> {
           date = readTagText(name, parser)
@@ -149,8 +151,9 @@ internal object RssContentParser : ContentParser() {
 
     return PostPayload(
       title = FeedParser.cleanText(title, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
-      description = FeedParser.cleanTextCompact(description, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
       link = FeedParser.cleanText(link)!!,
+      description = FeedParser.cleanTextCompact(description, decodeUrlEncoding = true).orEmpty(),
+      rawContent = rawContent,
       imageUrl = FeedParser.safeUrl(hostLink, image),
       date = postPubDateInMillis ?: Clock.System.now().toEpochMilliseconds(),
       commentsLink = commentsLink?.trim()
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 9531df798..8e9d544b6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ buildKonfig = "0.15.1"
 sqliteAndroid = "3.43.0"
 windowSizeClass = "0.3.2"
 desugarJdk = "2.0.4"
-lyricist = "1.6.2"
+lyricist = "1.6.2-1.8.20"
 atomicfu = "0.23.1"
 okio = "3.7.0"
 paging = "3.3.0-alpha02-0.4.0"
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/repository/RssRepository.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/repository/RssRepository.kt
index 6ebb8700b..fe04908db 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/repository/RssRepository.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/repository/RssRepository.kt
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class RssRepository(
                     link = post.link,
                     commnetsLink = post.commentsLink,
                     feedLink = feedPayload.link,
+                    rawContent = post.rawContent
                   )
                 }
               }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/databases/9.db b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/databases/9.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e964145b2
Binary files /dev/null and b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/databases/9.db differ
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/database/Post.sq b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/database/Post.sq
index 2d2461b9c..8c36f92e4 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/database/Post.sq
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/database/Post.sq
@@ -11,16 +11,17 @@ CREATE TABLE post(
   bookmarked INTEGER AS Boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   commentsLink TEXT DEFAULT NULL,
   read INTEGER AS Boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+  rawContent TEXT,
   FOREIGN KEY(feedLink) REFERENCES feed(link) ON DELETE CASCADE
 );
 
 CREATE INDEX post_feed_link_index ON post(feedLink);
 
 upsert:
-INSERT INTO post(title, description, imageUrl, date, feedLink, link, commentsLink)
-VALUES (:title, :description, :imageUrl, :date, :feedLink, :link, :commnetsLink)
+INSERT INTO post(title, description, rawContent, imageUrl, date, feedLink, link, commentsLink)
+VALUES (:title, :description,  :rawContent, :imageUrl, :date, :feedLink, :link, :commnetsLink)
 ON CONFLICT(link) DO
-UPDATE SET title = excluded.title, description = excluded.description, imageUrl = excluded.imageUrl, date = excluded.date;
+UPDATE SET title = excluded.title, description = excluded.description, rawContent = excluded.rawContent, imageUrl = excluded.imageUrl, date = excluded.date;
 
 count:
 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM post
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/migrations/8.sqm b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/migrations/8.sqm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ca98c78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/sqldelight/migrations/8.sqm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE post ADD COLUMN rawContent TEXT;
diff --git a/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/FeedParserTest.kt b/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/FeedParserTest.kt
index e5ff374a8..aa26a64fa 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/FeedParserTest.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonTest/kotlin/dev/sasikanth/rss/reader/FeedParserTest.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with image",
               link = "https://example.com/first-post",
               description = "First post description.",
+              rawContent = "First post description.",
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/first-post-media-url",
               date = 1685005200000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post without image",
               link = "https://example.com/second-post",
               description = "Second post description.",
+              rawContent = "Second post description.",
               imageUrl = null,
               date = 1684999800000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Podcast post",
               link = "https://example.com/third-post",
               description = "Third post description.",
+              rawContent = "Third post description.",
               imageUrl = null,
               date = 1684924200000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with enclosure image",
               link = "https://example.com/fourth-post",
               description = "Fourth post description.",
+              rawContent = "Fourth post description.",
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/enclosure-image",
               date = 1684924200000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -74,6 +78,12 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with description and encoded content",
               link = "https://example.com/fifth-post",
               description = "Fourth post description in HTML syntax.",
+              rawContent =
+                """
+                  <p>Fourth post description in HTML syntax.</p>
+                  <img src="https://example.com/encoded-image" alt="encoded image" />
+                """
+                  .trimIndent(),
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/encoded-image",
               date = 1684924200000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -82,6 +92,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with relative path image",
               link = "https://example.com/post-with-relative-image",
               description = "Relative image post description.",
+              rawContent = "Relative image post description.",
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/relative-media-url",
               date = 1685005200000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -90,6 +101,7 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with comments",
               link = "https://example.com/post-with-comments",
               description = "Really long post with comments.",
+              rawContent = "Really long post with comments.",
               imageUrl = null,
               date = 1685005200000,
               commentsLink = "https://example/post-with-comments/comments"
@@ -120,6 +132,12 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with image",
               link = "https://example.com/first-post",
               description = "Post summary with an image.",
+              rawContent =
+                """
+                  <img alt="First Image" src="https://example.com/image.jpg" />
+                  <p>Post summary with an image.</p>
+                """
+                  .trimIndent(),
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/image.jpg",
               date = 1685008800000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -128,6 +146,11 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Second post",
               link = "https://example.com/second-post",
               description = "Post summary of the second post.",
+              rawContent =
+                """
+                  <p>Post summary of the second post.</p>
+                """
+                  .trimIndent(),
               imageUrl = null,
               date = 1684917000000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -136,6 +159,11 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post without image",
               link = "https://example.com/third-post",
               description = "Post summary of the third post. click here.",
+              rawContent =
+                """
+                  <p>Post summary of the third post. <a href="https://example.com/hyperlink" >click here</a>.</p>
+                """
+                  .trimIndent(),
               imageUrl = null,
               date = 1684936800000,
               commentsLink = null
@@ -144,6 +172,12 @@ class FeedParserTest {
               title = "Post with relative image",
               link = "https://example.com/relative-image-post",
               description = "Post summary with an image.",
+              rawContent =
+                """
+                  <img alt="Relative Image" src="/resources/image.jpg" />
+                  <p>Post summary with an image.</p>
+                """
+                  .trimIndent(),
               imageUrl = "https://example.com/resources/image.jpg",
               date = 1685008800000,
               commentsLink = null