diff --git a/app/client/lib/markdown.ts b/app/client/lib/markdown.ts
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+import { sanitizeHTML } from 'app/client/ui/sanitizeHTML';
+import { BindableValue, DomElementMethod, subscribeElem } from 'grainjs';
+import { marked } from 'marked';
+
+export function markdown(markdownObs: BindableValue<string>): DomElementMethod {
+  return elem => subscribeElem(elem, markdownObs, value => setMarkdownValue(elem, value));
+}
+
+function setMarkdownValue(elem: Element, markdownValue: string): void {
+  elem.innerHTML = sanitizeHTML(marked(markdownValue));
+}