diff --git a/files/__main__.py b/files/__main__.py
index 6e34f486c..251dd75bd 100644
--- a/files/__main__.py
+++ b/files/__main__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from flask import *
 from flask_caching import Cache
 from flask_limiter import Limiter
 from flask_compress import Compress
+from flaskext.markdown import Markdown
 from flask_limiter.util import get_ipaddr
 from flask_mail import Mail
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ engine = create_engine(app.config['DATABASE_URL'])
 db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine, autoflush=False))
 
 cache = Cache(app)
+Markdown(app)
 Compress(app)
 mail = Mail(app)