diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index e3f4645..579d83b 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import markdownItDeflist from 'markdown-it-deflist';
 import markdownItFootnote from 'markdown-it-footnote';
 import markdownItImageFigures from 'markdown-it-image-figures';
 
+const MARKDOWNIT_OPTIONS = { html: true, linkify: true, typographer: true };
+
 export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy('./src/css/prism.css');
   eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget('./src/css/');
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
     }
   });
 
-  eleventyConfig.setLibrary('md', markdownIt({ html: true, linkify: true, typographer: true }));
+  eleventyConfig.setLibrary('md', markdownIt(MARKDOWNIT_OPTIONS));
 
   eleventyConfig.amendLibrary('md', (mdLib) =>
     mdLib
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
   eleventyConfig.addFilter('readableDate', (dateObj) =>
     dateObj.toLocaleDateString('en-US', { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' })
   );
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter('toHTML', (str) => new markdownIt(MARKDOWNIT_OPTIONS).render(str ? str : ''));
 }
 
 export const config = {