diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31f6ccc..21312bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Show off your favorite public threads!
     $ . .venv/bin/activate
 
     # install dependencies
-    (.venv)$ python -m pip install flask requests
+    (.venv)$ python -m pip install flask requests markdown
 
     # rejoice!
     ```
diff --git a/templates/threads.html b/templates/threads.html
index 42f871d..24a888f 100644
--- a/templates/threads.html
+++ b/templates/threads.html
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
 
         & .body {
 
+          & code {
+            background: rgb(245, 242, 240);
+            padding: 0.25em 0.3em;
+            border-radius: 5px;
+            display: inline;
+          }
+
           & .media, & .link_card {
             border: 1px solid rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.15);
             border-radius: 5px;
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index a6dfbe1..faa71d0 100755
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template
 import requests
 import datetime
+import markdown
 
 threads = Blueprint('threads', __name__, template_folder='template')
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ def clean_author(account):
 def clean_status(status):
     clean = clean_dict(status, ['id', 'content', 'created_at', 'url', 'media_attachments', 'card'])
     clean['account'] = clean_author(status['account'])
+    clean['content'] = markdown.markdown("<section markdown='block'>"+ clean['content'] +"<section>", extensions=['md_in_html'])
     for emoji in status['emojis']:
         clean['content'] = clean['content'].replace(":" + emoji['shortcode'] + ":", '<img alt="' + emoji['shortcode'] + ' emoji" class="emoji" src="'+emoji['url']+'" />')
     return clean