diff --git a/doordesk/Cargo.lock b/doordesk/Cargo.lock
index 8f173f9..b960265 100644
--- a/doordesk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/doordesk/Cargo.lock
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ name = "app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "femark",
  "http",
  "leptos",
  "leptos_axum",
  "leptos_meta",
  "leptos_router",
- "markdown",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "pathdiff",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.5.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -572,6 +572,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.48",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deunicode"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ae2a35373c5c74340b79ae6780b498b2b183915ec5dacf263aac5a099bf485a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "drain_filter_polyfill"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -599,6 +605,47 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "eyre"
+version = "0.6.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6267a1fa6f59179ea4afc8e50fd8612a3cc60bc858f786ff877a4a8cb042799"
+dependencies = [
+ "indenter",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "femark"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81771b11671145822e0f98b154260e21ac055e2aba13a597194f0ba3156e0a15"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "eyre",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+ "pulldown-cmark-frontmatter",
+ "serde",
+ "slug",
+ "thiserror",
+ "toml 0.8.8",
+ "tracing",
+ "tree-sitter",
+ "tree-sitter-c",
+ "tree-sitter-dockerfile",
+ "tree-sitter-go",
+ "tree-sitter-highlight",
+ "tree-sitter-html",
+ "tree-sitter-javascript",
+ "tree-sitter-json",
+ "tree-sitter-nix",
+ "tree-sitter-python",
+ "tree-sitter-rust",
+ "tree-sitter-toml",
+ "tree-sitter-typescript",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.28"
@@ -731,6 +778,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getopts"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14dbbfd5c71d70241ecf9e6f13737f7b5ce823821063188d7e46c41d371eebd5"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -944,6 +1000,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indenter"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.3"
@@ -1334,15 +1396,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "markdown"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b0f0025e8c0d89b84d6dc63e859475e40e8e82ab1a08be0a93ad5731513a508"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-id",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -1633,6 +1686,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a1a2f1f0a7ecff9c31abbe177637be0e97a0aef46cf8738ece09327985d998"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "getopts",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-frontmatter"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d796ebc3f9fe89e2267a102d358a7f107488b5fefae07d25a990efbe1feab60"
+dependencies = [
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.35"
@@ -1940,6 +2014,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb3622f419d1296904700073ea6cc23ad690adbd66f13ea683df73298736f0c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_test"
 version = "1.0.176"
@@ -2072,6 +2155,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slug"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3bd94acec9c8da640005f8e135a39fc0372e74535e6b368b7a04b875f784c8c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "deunicode",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.13.1"
@@ -2282,6 +2375,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.8.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1a195ec8c9da26928f773888e0742ca3ca1040c6cd859c919c9f59c1954ab35"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "toml_edit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_datetime"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3550f4e9685620ac18a50ed434eb3aec30db8ba93b0287467bca5826ea25baf1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_edit"
+version = "0.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d34d383cd00a163b4a5b85053df514d45bc330f6de7737edfe0a93311d1eaa03"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.1.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_spanned",
+ "toml_datetime",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.4.13"
@@ -2377,6 +2504,137 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e747b1f9b7b931ed39a548c1fae149101497de3c1fc8d9e18c62c1a66c683d3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-c"
+version = "0.20.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b03bdf218020057abee831581a74bff8c298323d6c6cd1a70556430ded9f4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-dockerfile"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01e314ed278a8392df8579f3a2321959118cdaced00cf90cc9a1230c6f7637a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-go"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ad6d11f19441b961af2fda7f12f5d0dac325f6d6de83836a1d3750018cc5114"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-highlight"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "042342584c5a7a0b833d9fc4e2bdab3f9868ddc6c4b339a1e01451c6720868bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-html"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "184e6b77953a354303dc87bf5fe36558c83569ce92606e7b382a0dc1b7443443"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-javascript"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "edbc663376bdd294bd1f0a6daf859aedb9aa5bdb72217d7ad8ba2d5314102cf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-json"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90b04c4e1a92139535eb9fca4ec8fa9666cc96b618005d3ae35f3c957fa92f92"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-nix"
+version = "0.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae8c93b7dd2afcd9667daae048135be9ee268e9e3900f4d7d0556a63ec5336b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-python"
+version = "0.20.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c93b1b1fbd0d399db3445f51fd3058e43d0b4dcff62ddbdb46e66550978aa5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-rust"
+version = "0.20.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0832309b0b2b6d33760ce5c0e818cb47e1d72b468516bfe4134408926fa7594"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-toml"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca517f578a98b23d20780247cc2688407fa81effad5b627a5a364ec3339b53e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tree-sitter-typescript"
+version = "0.20.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75049f0aafabb2aac205d7bb24da162b53dcd0cfb326785f25a2f32efa8071a"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "tree-sitter",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "try-lock"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -2418,12 +2676,6 @@ version = "0.3.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08f95100a766bf4f8f28f90d77e0a5461bbdb219042e7679bebe79004fed8d75"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-id"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1b6def86329695390197b82c1e244a54a131ceb66c996f2088a3876e2ae083f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -2445,6 +2697,12 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -2681,6 +2939,15 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winnow"
+version = "0.5.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7cf47b659b318dccbd69cc4797a39ae128f533dce7902a1096044d1967b9c16"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winreg"
 version = "0.50.0"
diff --git a/doordesk/app/Cargo.toml b/doordesk/app/Cargo.toml
index 1713d96..3f94440 100644
--- a/doordesk/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/doordesk/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@ http.workspace = true
 cfg-if.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 serde = "1.0.195"
-markdown = "1.0.0-alpha.16"
+femark = { version = "0.1.5", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = []
 hydrate = ["leptos/hydrate", "leptos_meta/hydrate", "leptos_router/hydrate"]
-ssr = ["leptos/ssr", "leptos_meta/ssr", "leptos_router/ssr", "dep:leptos_axum"]
+ssr = [
+  "leptos/ssr",
+  "leptos_meta/ssr",
+  "leptos_router/ssr",
+  "dep:leptos_axum",
+  "dep:femark",
+]
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
+denylist = ["femark"]
diff --git a/doordesk/app/src/components/slingshot.rs b/doordesk/app/src/components/slingshot.rs
index 91d8689..747c7be 100644
--- a/doordesk/app/src/components/slingshot.rs
+++ b/doordesk/app/src/components/slingshot.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use leptos::*;
 use crate::components::article::ArticleData;
+use leptos::*;
 
 #[server]
 pub async fn slingshot(path: String) -> Result<Vec<ArticleData>, ServerFnError> {
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ pub async fn slingshot(path: String) -> Result<Vec<ArticleData>, ServerFnError>
             if let Some(filetype) = filepath.extension() {
                 if filetype == "md" {
                     let file = std::fs::read_to_string(filepath)?;
-                    let md1: String = markdown::to_html(&file);
+                    let html_from_md = femark::process_markdown_to_html(&file.to_string())
+                        .expect("Problem processing markdown");
+                    let content = html_from_md.content;
+                    let _toc = html_from_md.toc;
+                    let _frontmatter = html_from_md.frontmatter;
 
                     articles.push(ArticleData {
                         content_type: String::from("Blog"),
                         title: String::from("Test article"),
                         date: String::from("12/21/2022"),
-                        content: md1,
+                        content,
                     })
                 }
             }