diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c7bf2b0..3e9435d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ gem 'sass'
 gem 'compass'
 gem 'data_mapper'
 gem 'dm-postgres-adapter'
+
+# the different markups
+gem 'RedCloth'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6db4fea..28334af 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    RedCloth (4.2.7)
     addressable (2.2.6)
     bcrypt-ruby (2.1.4)
     chunky_png (1.2.0)
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  RedCloth
   compass
   data_mapper
   dm-postgres-adapter
diff --git a/libs.rb b/libs.rb
index 6c8bc86..7caf666 100644
--- a/libs.rb
+++ b/libs.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ require 'haml'
 require 'sass'
 require 'compass'
 require 'sinatra'
+
+# markups
+require 'redcloth'
+
 require 'settings'
 
 # load the models
diff --git a/seeds.rb b/seeds.rb
index af8e492..2692a73 100644
--- a/seeds.rb
+++ b/seeds.rb
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ storm.save
 storm.posts.new(:title => 'bar', :content => 'das ist mein post!').save
 gib.posts.new(:title => 'foo', :content => 'das ist meiner', :released => true).save
 gib.posts.new(:title => 'lala', :content => 'lorem ipsum und so rum').save
-storm.posts.new(:title => 'erster!', :content => 'ich bin ganz oben!', :released => true).save
+storm.posts.new(:title => 'erster!', :content => 'ich bin *ganz* oben!', :released => true).save
diff --git a/views/index.haml b/views/index.haml
index 450c6f2..ca20a23 100644
--- a/views/index.haml
+++ b/views/index.haml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
   %article
     %header
       %h1=post.title
-    %section.content=post.content
+    %section.content=textile(post.content)