diff --git a/src/main/scala/app/RepositoryViewerController.scala b/src/main/scala/app/RepositoryViewerController.scala
index 23ead73..f6b45f0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/app/RepositoryViewerController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/app/RepositoryViewerController.scala
@@ -213,9 +213,7 @@
     
     // process README.md
     val readme = files.find(_.name == "README.md").map { file =>
-      import org.pegdown._
-      val git = Git.open(getRepositoryDir(owner, repository))
-      new PegDownProcessor().markdownToHtml(new String(git.getRepository.open(file.id).getBytes, "UTF-8"))
+      new String(JGitUtil.getContent(Git.open(getRepositoryDir(owner, repository)), file.id, true).get, "UTF-8")
     }
     
     html.files(
diff --git a/src/main/twirl/files.scala.html b/src/main/twirl/files.scala.html
index 786d1d9..d75d024 100644
--- a/src/main/twirl/files.scala.html
+++ b/src/main/twirl/files.scala.html
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
     </tr>
     }
   </table>
-  @readme.map { html =>
+  @readme.map { content =>
   <table class="table table-bordered">
     <tr>
-      <td>@Html(html)</td>
+      <td>@helpers.markdown(content)</td>
     </tr>
   </table>
   }