diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 60fc118c60958f5956f37626d5970cdf0ce8598b..fc040ce08c87024ae40b64b108f9c94722cdff1e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ gem "pygments.rb", "0.2.3"
 gem "thin"
 gem "git"
 gem "acts_as_list"
+gem 'rdiscount'
 
 group :assets do
   gem 'sass-rails', "  ~> 3.1.0"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'uglifier'
 end
 
-group :development do 
+group :development do
   gem 'rails-footnotes', '>= 3.7.5.rc4'
   gem 'annotate', :git => 'git://github.com/ctran/annotate_models.git'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 83ccebd89b016ee21b65ccd6f8625cc92ea19f95..83df35b52afc1e3e7e1f99c5237ba7f766eb5b42 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ GEM
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
     rake (0.9.2)
+    rdiscount (1.6.8)
     rdoc (3.9.4)
     rspec (2.6.0)
       rspec-core (~> 2.6.0)
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pygments.rb (= 0.2.3)
   rails (= 3.1.0)
   rails-footnotes (>= 3.7.5.rc4)
+  rdiscount
   rspec-rails
   ruby-debug19
   sass-rails (~> 3.1.0)