diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 99959b4..9c93cd8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM openresty/openresty:1.27.1.2-0-bookworm-buildpack
 
 WORKDIR /opt/app
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pygments
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pygments pandoc
 RUN luarocks install sitegen
 
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "openresty -p `pwd` -g 'daemon off;'"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbd62a1..27f5242 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
 
 ## todo
 
-current problem: why does sitegen wrap every thing in <p> tags?
-
 * treesitter highlighting for moonscript
 * penlight library
 * sitegen plugins
diff --git a/markdown.moon b/markdown.moon
index 975c531..531e3d5 100644
--- a/markdown.moon
+++ b/markdown.moon
@@ -76,39 +76,18 @@ class MarkdownRenderer extends require "sitegen.renderers.html"
   ext: "html"
 
   render: (page, md_source) =>
-    discount = require "discount"
-
+    -- discount = require "discount"
     md_source = page\pipe "renderer.markdown.pre_render", md_source
     md_source, escapes = escape_cosmo md_source
 
-    -- require("moon").p md_source
-    --mathjax --output=../priv/static/posts/#{output_file}.html
-    -- handle = io.popen "pandoc"
-    -- handle\write "# hello"
-    -- handle\flush!
-    -- result = handle\read("*a")
-    -- print result
-    -- handle\close!
+    markup_filename = os.tmpname!
+    input_handle = io.popen "pandoc > #{markup_filename}", "w"
+    input_handle\write md_source
+    input_handle\close!
 
-    -- require("moon").p result
-
-    -- txt = "# hello"
-    -- md = "<<EOF\n#{md_source}\nEOF"
-    -- require("moon").p md
-    -- n = os.tmpname!
-    -- handle = io.popen "pandoc > " .. n, "w"
-    -- handle\write "# hello"
-    -- result = handle\read("*a")
-    -- handle\close!
-
-    n = os.tmpname!
-    handle = io.popen "pandoc > " .. n, "w"
-    handle\write md_source
-    handle\close!
-
-    f = io.open n, "r"
-    result = f\read("*a")
-    f\close!
+    output_handle = io.open markup_filename, "r"
+    result = output_handle\read "*a"
+    output_handle\close!
 
     html_source = assert result
     -- html_source = assert discount md_source
diff --git a/site.moon b/site.moon
index 91b9e49..9ac21a8 100644
--- a/site.moon
+++ b/site.moon
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ extract_date = (source) -> string.match path.filename(source), "%d+%-%d%d%-%d%d"
 format_date = (str) -> date(str)\fmt "%b %d, %Y"
 publish_date = (path) -> format_date extract_date path
 
+os.execute [[
+moonc -t /usr/local/openresty/luajit/share/lua/5.1/sitegen/renderers/ markdown.moon
+]]
+
 sitegen.create =>
   @site_title = "WebDevCat.me · Catalin Mititiuc"
   @app_name = "stasis"