diff --git a/relay/application.py b/relay/application.py
index dfa3861..6c59546 100644
--- a/relay/application.py
+++ b/relay/application.py
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ class Application(web.Application):
 		self['signer'] = Signer(value, self.config.keyid)
 
 
+	@property
+	def template(self) -> Template:
+		return self['template']
+
+
 	@property
 	def uptime(self) -> timedelta:
 		if not self['start_time']:
diff --git a/relay/frontend/page/home.haml b/relay/frontend/page/home.haml
index 9c3e063..2aa745f 100644
--- a/relay/frontend/page/home.haml
+++ b/relay/frontend/page/home.haml
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 -set page = "Home"
 -block content
 	.section
-		-for line in config.note.splitlines()
-			-if line
-				%p -> =line
+		-markdown -> =config.note
 
 	.section
 		%p
diff --git a/relay/template.py b/relay/template.py
index 4699d01..e951424 100644
--- a/relay/template.py
+++ b/relay/template.py
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import textwrap
 import typing
 
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from hamlish_jinja import HamlishExtension
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+from jinja2.ext import Extension
+from jinja2.nodes import CallBlock
+from markdown import Markdown
+
 
 from . import __version__
 from .misc import get_resource
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+	from jinja2.nodes import Node
+	from jinja2.parser import Parser
 	from typing import Any
 	from .application import Application
 	from .views.base import View
@@ -21,7 +29,8 @@ class Template(Environment):
 			trim_blocks = True,
 			lstrip_blocks = True,
 			extensions = [
-				HamlishExtension
+				HamlishExtension,
+				MarkdownExtension
 			],
 			loader = FileSystemLoader([
 				get_resource('frontend'),
@@ -48,3 +57,36 @@ class Template(Environment):
 		}
 
 		return self.get_template(path).render(new_context)
+
+
+class MarkdownExtension(Extension):
+	tags = {'markdown'}
+	extensions = {
+		'attr_list',
+		'smarty',
+		'tables'
+	}
+
+
+	def __init__(self, environment: Environment):
+		Extension.__init__(self, environment)
+		self._markdown = Markdown(extensions = MarkdownExtension.extensions)
+		environment.extend(
+			render_markdown = self._render_markdown
+		)
+
+
+	def parse(self, parser: Parser) -> Node | list[Node]:
+		lineno = next(parser.stream).lineno
+		body = parser.parse_statements(
+			['name:endmarkdown'],
+			drop_needle = True
+		)
+
+		output = CallBlock(self.call_method('_render_markdown'), [], [], body)
+		return output.set_lineno(lineno)
+
+
+	def _render_markdown(self, caller: Callable[[], str] | str) -> str:
+		text = caller() if isinstance(caller, Callable) else caller
+		return self._markdown.convert(textwrap.dedent(text.strip('\n')))
diff --git a/relay/views/activitypub.py b/relay/views/activitypub.py
index df3085f..6e392db 100644
--- a/relay/views/activitypub.py
+++ b/relay/views/activitypub.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ActorView(View):
 		data = Message.new_actor(
 			host = self.config.domain,
 			pubkey = self.app.signer.pubkey,
-			description = ''.join(f"<p>{line}</p>" for line in config['note'].splitlines()),
+			description = self.app.template.render_markdown(config['note']),
 			approves = config['approval-required']
 		)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4c43b87..5ca0df6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ barkshark-sql@https://git.barkshark.xyz/barkshark/bsql/archive/0.1.2.tar.gz
 click>=8.1.2
 hamlish-jinja@https://git.barkshark.xyz/barkshark/hamlish-jinja/archive/0.3.5.tar.gz
 hiredis==2.3.2
+markdown==3.5.2
 platformdirs==4.2.0
 pyyaml>=6.0
 redis==5.0.1