diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d116395..3362ed1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "250f629c0161ad8107cf89319e990051fae62832fd343083bea452d93e2205fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ammonia"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64e6d1c7838db705c9b756557ee27c384ce695a1c51a6fe528784cb1c6840170"
+dependencies = [
+ "html5ever",
+ "maplit",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tendril",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -991,6 +1004,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "dioxus_app"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "ammonia",
  "anyhow",
  "api",
  "console_log",
@@ -1003,6 +1017,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gloo-utils",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "log",
+ "pulldown-cmark",
  "serde",
  "uuid",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1259,6 +1274,16 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6d5a32815ae3f33302d95fdcb2ce17862f8c65363dcfd29360480ba1001fc9c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futf"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df420e2e84819663797d1ec6544b13c5be84629e7bb00dc960d6917db2987843"
+dependencies = [
+ "mac",
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -1384,6 +1409,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getopts"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "14dbbfd5c71d70241ecf9e6f13737f7b5ce823821063188d7e46c41d371eebd5"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -1632,6 +1666,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "html5ever"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bea68cab48b8459f17cf1c944c67ddc572d272d9f2b274140f223ecb1da4a3b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "mac",
+ "markup5ever",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -1863,9 +1911,9 @@ checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.63"
+version = "0.3.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f37a4a5928311ac501dee68b3c7613a1037d0edb30c8e5427bd832d55d1b790"
+checksum = "c5f195fe497f702db0f318b07fdd68edb16955aed830df8363d837542f8f935a"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -2039,6 +2087,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.12.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mac"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "maplit"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "markup5ever"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a2629bb1404f3d34c2e921f21fd34ba00b206124c81f65c50b43b6aaefeb016"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "phf",
+ "phf_codegen",
+ "string_cache",
+ "string_cache_codegen",
+ "tendril",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2111,6 +2185,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "new_debug_unreachable"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4a24736216ec316047a1fc4252e27dabb04218aa4a3f37c6e7ddbf1f9782b54"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -2445,6 +2525,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "phf"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fabbf1ead8a5bcbc20f5f8b939ee3f5b0f6f281b6ad3468b84656b658b455259"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_codegen"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb1c3a8bc4dd4e5cfce29b44ffc14bedd2ee294559a294e2a4d4c9e9a6a13cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator",
+ "phf_shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_generator"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d5285893bb5eb82e6aaf5d59ee909a06a16737a8970984dd7746ba9283498d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_shared",
+ "rand",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "phf_shared"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6796ad771acdc0123d2a88dc428b5e38ef24456743ddb1744ed628f9815c096"
+dependencies = [
+ "siphasher",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2537,6 +2655,12 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "precomputed-hash"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "primeorder"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -2608,6 +2732,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a1a2f1f0a7ecff9c31abbe177637be0e97a0aef46cf8738ece09327985d998"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "getopts",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.27"
@@ -3288,6 +3424,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "siphasher"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7bd3e3206899af3f8b12af284fafc038cc1dc2b41d1b89dd17297221c5d225de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -3506,6 +3648,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-rustls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f91138e76242f575eb1d3b38b4f1362f10d3a43f47d182a5b359af488a02293b"
+dependencies = [
+ "new_debug_unreachable",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+ "phf_shared",
+ "precomputed-hash",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "string_cache_codegen"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bb30289b722be4ff74a408c3cc27edeaad656e06cb1fe8fa9231fa59c728988"
+dependencies = [
+ "phf_generator",
+ "phf_shared",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stringprep"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -3556,6 +3724,17 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tendril"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d24a120c5fc464a3458240ee02c299ebcb9d67b5249c8848b09d639dca8d7bb0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futf",
+ "mac",
+ "utf-8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.16.0"
@@ -3895,6 +4074,12 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode_categories"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3918,6 +4103,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf-8"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -4064,9 +4255,9 @@ checksum = "ca6ad05a4870b2bf5fe995117d3728437bd27d7cd5f06f13c17443ef369775a1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.63"
+version = "0.3.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3bdd9ef4e984da1187bf8110c5cf5b845fbc87a23602cdf912386a76fcd3a7c2"
+checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/app/Cargo.toml b/app/Cargo.toml
index e81ca43..a89d61b 100644
--- a/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+ammonia = "3.3.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
 api = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../api" }
 console_log = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["color"] }
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ gloo-storage = "0.2.2"
 gloo-utils = "0.1.7"
 itertools = "0.11.0"
 log = "0.4.19"
+pulldown-cmark = "0.9.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive"] }
 uuid = "1.4.0"
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.87"
diff --git a/app/src/recipe/creator.rs b/app/src/recipe/creator.rs
index 758adf9..5607064 100644
--- a/app/src/recipe/creator.rs
+++ b/app/src/recipe/creator.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
     bootstrap::{bs, FormModal, ModalBody, ModalFooter, ModalToggleButton, TitledModal},
     ingredients::do_add_ingredient,
     recipe::IngredientSelect,
-    use_error, use_trimmed_context, ErrorView,
+    use_error, use_trimmed_context, ErrorView, 
 };
 
 use super::RecipeIngredient;
@@ -341,12 +341,15 @@ pub fn RecipeCreator(cx: Scope) -> Element {
                 }
                 div {
                     h2 { "Steps" }
+                    div {class: "text-start",
                     textarea {
                         class: "form-control",
+                        id: "steps-area",
                         value: "{steps}",
                         rows: "10",
                         oninput: move |e| steps.set(e.value.clone())
                     }
+}
                 }
                 hr {}
                 ModalToggleButton { class: "btn btn-lg btn-primary", modal_id: "newRcpModal", "Create Recipe" }
diff --git a/app/src/recipe/view.rs b/app/src/recipe/view.rs
index a1fc70d..66df07a 100644
--- a/app/src/recipe/view.rs
+++ b/app/src/recipe/view.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use api::{
 };
 use dioxus::prelude::*;
 use dioxus_router::{use_route, use_router};
+use pulldown_cmark::{Parser, html};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -616,6 +617,15 @@ fn RecipeViewer(cx: Scope<RecipeViewerProps>) -> Element {
         }
     };
 
+    let steps_rendered = use_memo(cx, &cx.props.info.steps, |steps| {
+        let parser = Parser::new(&steps);
+
+        let mut html_output = String::new();
+        html::push_html(&mut html_output, parser);
+
+        ammonia::clean(&html_output)
+    });
+
     cx.render(rsx! {
         h1 {
             "{cx.props.info.name}"
@@ -690,10 +700,8 @@ fn RecipeViewer(cx: Scope<RecipeViewerProps>) -> Element {
         hr {}
         div { class: "text-start",
             h2 { "Steps" }
-            ul { class: "list-group list-group-flush",
-                for line in cx.props.info.steps.split('\n') {
-                    li { class: "list-group-item", line }
-                }
+            div {
+                dangerous_inner_html: "{steps_rendered}"
             }
             EditSteps {
                 recipe: cx.props.id,