diff --git a/crater.py b/crater.py
index 99adb88..f7683ed 100644
--- a/crater.py
+++ b/crater.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
 import yaml
 import frontmatter
-import markdown
+import markdown2
 import fire
 
 
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ def crater(prod=False):
                 "content", "public").rstrip(".md")
             os.makedirs(post_path, exist_ok=True)
 
-            description = post_data.content.partition('<!--more-->')[0]
-            content = "{% import 'shortcodes.j2' as shortcodes %}" + \
-                markdown.markdown(post_data.content)
 
-            content = templates.from_string(content).render()            
+            content = markdown2.markdown(post_data.content, extras=['fenced-code-blocks'])
+            description = content.partition('<!--more-->')[0]
+            content = "{% import 'shortcodes.j2' as shortcodes %}" + content
+
             url = post_path.replace(f"public/{language}", "")
             section = "/" if len(url.split('/')) == 2 else url.split('/')[1]
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def crater(prod=False):
                 'title': post_data['title'],
                 'description': description,
                 'date': post_data['date'],
-                'content': content
+                'content': templates.from_string(content).render()
             }
 
             image = post_data.get('image', None)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8441e9a..f930900 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 altgraph==0.17.3
 fire==0.5.0
 Jinja2==3.1.2
-Markdown==3.4.3
+markdown2==2.4.9
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
+Pygments==2.15.1
 pyinstaller==5.13.0
 pyinstaller-hooks-contrib==2023.6
 python-frontmatter==1.0.0
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 six==1.16.0
+svgwrite==1.4.3
 termcolor==2.3.0
 watchdog==3.0.0
+wavedrom==2.0.3.post3