diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js
index 37950b9..fcc2ef7 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/notebookmain.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
var baseProjectUrl = $('body').data('baseProjectUrl')
IPython.page = new IPython.Page();
- IPython.markdown_converter = new Markdown.Converter();
IPython.layout_manager = new IPython.LayoutManager();
IPython.pager = new IPython.Pager('div#pager', 'div#pager_splitter');
IPython.quick_help = new IPython.QuickHelp('span#quick_help_area');
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
index 1473e31..60be800 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
if (this.rendered === false) {
var text = this.get_text();
if (text === "") { text = this.placeholder; }
- text = IPython.mathjaxutils.remove_math(text)
- var html = IPython.markdown_converter.makeHtml(text);
- html = IPython.mathjaxutils.replace_math(html)
+ text = IPython.mathjaxutils.remove_math(text);
+ var html = marked.parser(marked.lexer(text));
+ html = IPython.mathjaxutils.replace_math(html);
try {
this.set_rendered(html);
} catch (e) {
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
index 18aca09..64eaae8 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/notebook.html
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class="notebook_app"
-
+