diff --git a/barf b/barf
index d0e7f5d..1ac879e 100755
--- a/barf
+++ b/barf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 MARKDOWN=lowdown
+MARKDOWN_OPTS="--html-no-skiphtml	--html-no-escapehtml"
 IFS='	'
 
 # Create tab separated file with filename, title, creation date, last update
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ index_html() {
 	sed "s/{{TITLE}}/$title/" header.html
 
 	# Intro text
-	$MARKDOWN index.md
+	$MARKDOWN $MARKDOWN_OPTS index.md
 
 	# Posts
 	while read -r f title created; do
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ EOF
 
 	while read -r f title created; do
 
-		content=$($MARKDOWN "$f" | sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g; s/'"'"'/\&#39;/g')
+		content=$($MARKDOWN $MARKDOWN_OPTS "$f" | sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g; s/'"'"'/\&#39;/g')
 		post_link=$(echo "$f" | sed -E 's|posts/(.*).md|\1|')
 		basic_date=$(echo $(head -3 "$f" | tail -1))
 		published_date=$(date -d $basic_date -u +%Y-%m-%dT10:%M:%SZ)
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ write_page() {
 	created=$(echo $(head -3 "$filename" | tail -1))
 	title=$2
 
-	$MARKDOWN "$filename" | \
+	$MARKDOWN $MARKDOWN_OPTS "$filename" | \
 		cat header.html - |\
 		sed "s|{{TITLE}}|$title|" \
 		> "$target" && cat footer.html >> "$target"