diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2591a053..cd96ea12 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ gem 'mime-types'
 gem 'midi-smtp-server'
 gem 'rswag-api'
 gem 'rswag-ui'
+gem 'maildown'
 
 # we use the git version of acts_as_versioned, and need to include it in this Gemfile
 gem 'acts_as_versioned', git: 'https://github.com/technoweenie/acts_as_versioned.git'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index dbac6fba..26c19b62 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ GEM
       activerecord
       kaminari-core (= 1.2.2)
     kaminari-core (1.2.2)
+    kramdown (2.4.0)
+      rexml
+    kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
+      kramdown (~> 2.0)
     less (2.6.0)
       commonjs (~> 0.2.7)
     less-rails (5.0.0)
@@ -308,6 +312,9 @@ GEM
       skinny (>= 0.1.2)
       sqlite3-ruby
       thin
+    maildown (3.3.1)
+      actionmailer (>= 4.0.0)
+      kramdown-parser-gfm
     marcel (1.0.2)
     matrix (0.4.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
@@ -636,6 +643,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   listen
   mail (~> 2.7.1)
   mailcatcher
+  maildown
   midi-smtp-server
   mime-types
   mysql2
diff --git a/plugins/messages/app/models/message.rb b/plugins/messages/app/models/message.rb
index d4ec609e..b936c0f9 100644
--- a/plugins/messages/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/plugins/messages/app/models/message.rb
@@ -142,4 +142,5 @@ class Message < ApplicationRecord
   def create_salt
     self.salt = [Array.new(6) { rand(256).chr }.join].pack("m").chomp
   end
+
 end
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