diff --git a/main/templates/main/event_big_card.html b/main/templates/main/event_big_card.html
index b5f7648..43f209a 100644
--- a/main/templates/main/event_big_card.html
+++ b/main/templates/main/event_big_card.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% load imagekit %}
+{% load markdown_filter %}
 <div class="row mb-5 mt-4">
     <div class="col-12 col-sm-6">
         <a href="{{ event.url_path }}">
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ <h6 class="text-secondary mb-0 mt-3 mt-sm-0"> {{ event.start_date }}
         <h2> {{ event.name }}</h2>
         {% if event.description %}
             <div class="event-description">
-                {{ event.description|linebreaks }}
+                {{ event.description | markdown }}
             </div>
         {% endif %}
         <div class="position-relative mt-auto left-0 bottom-0">
diff --git a/main/templatetags/__init__.py b/main/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/main/templatetags/markdown_filter.py b/main/templatetags/markdown_filter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb5a1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/templatetags/markdown_filter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django import template
+from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from markdown import markdown
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(name='markdown')
+@stringfilter
+def markdown_filter(value: str):
+    # always render new lines as new lines, even without two ending spaces
+    return mark_safe(markdown(value).replace("\r\n", "  \r\n"), )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e93ff2..41b56eb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ git+https://github.com/math-a3k/django-bootstrap-v5.git@9d9f01988f0554028c0fd276
 channels[daphne]>=4.1.0
 channels-redis
 asgiref~=3.8.1
+markdown
diff --git a/studibars/settings.py b/studibars/settings.py
index e48fefe..2f6ddf5 100644
--- a/studibars/settings.py
+++ b/studibars/settings.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
                 "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
             ],
+            'libraries': {
+                'staticfiles': 'django.templatetags.static',
+                'markdown_filter': 'main.templatetags.markdown_filter',
+            },
         },
     },
 ]