diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34dc660..f9bc57b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "simple-ssg"
-version = "4.0.1"
+version = "4.0.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f29a43..a2f13dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ authors = ["Ryan Brue <ryanbrue.dev@gmail.com>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ryanabx/simple-ssg"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "4.0.1"
+version = "4.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Plain and simple static site generator for Djot and Markdown light markup languages"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dd22636..2809a70 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use errors::SsgError;
 use jotdown::{Container, Event};
-use pulldown_cmark::CowStr;
+use pulldown_cmark::{CowStr, Options};
 use std::{
     env,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ fn process_markdown(
     file_parent_dir: &Path,
     web_prefix: Option<&str>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
-    let events = pulldown_cmark::Parser::new(markdown_input)
+    let mut options = Options::empty();
+    options.insert(Options::ENABLE_GFM);
+    let events = pulldown_cmark::Parser::new_ext(markdown_input, options)
         .map(|event| -> anyhow::Result<pulldown_cmark::Event> {
             match event {
                 pulldown_cmark::Event::Start(pulldown_cmark::Tag::Link {