diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6a935b6..1f4e9ff 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 version = "0.1.0"
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "An easy safelist-based HTML-sanitizing tool."
+name = "bleach"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
+version = "3.1.4"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+six = ">=1.9.0"
+webencodings = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "main"
 description = "cffi-based cairo bindings for Python"
@@ -234,6 +246,14 @@ parso = ">=0.5.2"
 qa = ["flake8 (3.7.9)"]
 testing = ["colorama (0.4.1)", "docopt", "pytest (>=3.9.0,<5.0.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+category = "main"
+description = "A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown"
+name = "markdown2"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+version = "2.3.8"
+
 [[package]]
 category = "dev"
 description = "A Python Parser"
@@ -420,7 +440,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 version = "0.5.1"
 
 [metadata]
-content-hash = "56be8de37de7b07fbe5ca98c9ceea5ca22dbd2ddb2053e252bc41baf6293c373"
+content-hash = "aedaaacc2c26bf3618b35cd6ed67cbe4309526e18bb696cb37f81398e7cf9337"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
 
 [metadata.files]
@@ -436,6 +456,10 @@ backcall = [
     {file = "backcall-0.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:38ecd85be2c1e78f77fd91700c76e14667dc21e2713b63876c0eb901196e01e4"},
     {file = "backcall-0.1.0.zip", hash = "sha256:bbbf4b1e5cd2bdb08f915895b51081c041bac22394fdfcfdfbe9f14b77c08bf2"},
 ]
+bleach = [
+    {file = "bleach-3.1.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cc8da25076a1fe56c3ac63671e2194458e0c4d9c7becfd52ca251650d517903c"},
+    {file = "bleach-3.1.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e78e426105ac07026ba098f04de8abe9b6e3e98b5befbf89b51a5ef0a4292b03"},
+]
 cairocffi = [
     {file = "cairocffi-1.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f1c0c5878f74ac9ccb5d48b2601fcc75390c881ce476e79f4cfedd288b1b05db"},
 ]
@@ -517,6 +541,10 @@ jedi = [
     {file = "jedi-0.16.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b4f4052551025c6b0b0b193b29a6ff7bdb74c52450631206c262aef9f7159ad2"},
     {file = "jedi-0.16.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d5c871cb9360b414f981e7072c52c33258d598305280fef91c6cae34739d65d5"},
 ]
+markdown2 = [
+    {file = "markdown2-2.3.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:882d3607fc023cdea0ac2cd0e1147617fcb0361cb1133d3ff095417f995ff270"},
+    {file = "markdown2-2.3.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7ff88e00b396c02c8e1ecd8d176cfa418fb01fe81234dcea77803e7ce4f05dbe"},
+]
 parso = [
     {file = "parso-0.6.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8515fc12cfca6ee3aa59138741fc5624d62340c97e401c74875769948d4f2995"},
     {file = "parso-0.6.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0c5659e0c6eba20636f99a04f469798dca8da279645ce5c387315b2c23912157"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecee974..a48d32e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ django = "^3.0.4"
 django-model-utils = "^4.0.0"
 weasyprint = "^51"
 pypdf2 = "^1.26.0"
+markdown2 = "^2.3.8"
+bleach = "^3.1.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 ipython = "^7.13.0"
diff --git a/sdbs_pile/pile/models.py b/sdbs_pile/pile/models.py
index 78d1ffd..5acabef 100644
--- a/sdbs_pile/pile/models.py
+++ b/sdbs_pile/pile/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import bleach
+import markdown2
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
 from django.db import models
@@ -55,6 +57,14 @@ class Document(SoftDeletableModel):
     objects = DocumentManager()
     exclude_hidden = DocumentManager(include_hidden=False)
 
+    @property
+    def html_description(self):
+        return markdown2.markdown(self.description)
+
+    @property
+    def plain_description(self):
+        return bleach.clean(self.html_description, tags=[], strip=True)
+
     @property
     def url(self):
         if self.is_local_pdf:
diff --git a/sdbs_pile/pile/static/main.css b/sdbs_pile/pile/static/main.css
index 81e928f..02b74aa 100755
--- a/sdbs_pile/pile/static/main.css
+++ b/sdbs_pile/pile/static/main.css
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ ul > li:before {
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
+.index-listing-desc p {
+    margin-top: 0;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: 64em ) {
     #sidebar-head {
         display: flex;
diff --git a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_doc_detail.html b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_doc_detail.html
index 58eacfd..73def11 100644
--- a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_doc_detail.html
+++ b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_doc_detail.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             <span class="doc-description-intro">
                 {% if document.url %}Description{% else %}Content{% endif %}:
             </span>
-                <p> {{ document.description }} </p>
+                <p> {{ document.html_description | safe }} </p>
             </div>
         {% endif %}
 
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
     <title>The /-\ pile: {{ document.title }}</title>
     <meta property="og:title" content="The /-\ Pile: {{ document.title }}"/>
     <meta property="og:url" content="{% url "pile:document" document.id %}"/>
-    <meta property="og:description" content="{{ document.description }}"/>
+    <meta property="og:description" content="{{ document.plain_description }}"/>
     <meta property="og:type" content="article"/>
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_intro.html b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_intro.html
index df167c6..108c6a5 100644
--- a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_intro.html
+++ b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/front_intro.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
                 <div class="index-listing-desc">
-                    {{ random_document.description }}
+                    {{ random_document.html_description | safe }}
                 </div>
             </a>
         </div>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                         {{ document.title }}
 
                         <div class="index-listing-desc">
-                            {{ document.description }}
+                            {{ document.html_description | safe }}
                         </div>
                     </a>
                 </li>
diff --git a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/label.html b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/label.html
index fe57edd..5ede2d0 100644
--- a/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/label.html
+++ b/sdbs_pile/pile/templates/label.html
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
                     <div class="label-otherinfo-date">(Published: {{ document.published }})</div>
                 {% endif %}
             </h3>
-            <p class="label-description">{{ document.description }}</p>
+            <p class="label-description">{{ document.html_description | safe }}</p>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="label-footer">