diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e2d232..4b2e036 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Update icon again to remove background
  * Adjust History icon and reorder toolbar items
  * Try to address checkbox/bullet size issues (again)
+ * Fix HTML export of markdown (with newlines, tables and other styling preserved)
 
 # 0.5.1
 
diff --git a/bouquin/db.py b/bouquin/db.py
index d6211f5..ba6b6ce 100644
--- a/bouquin/db.py
+++ b/bouquin/db.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import datetime as _dt
 import hashlib
 import html
 import json
+import markdown
 import re
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -440,14 +441,33 @@ class DBManager:
             '<html lang="en">',
             '<meta charset="utf-8">',
             f"<title>{html.escape(title)}</title>",
-            "<style>body{font:16px/1.5 system-ui,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:24px;max-width:900px;margin:auto;}",
-            "article{padding:16px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;} time{font-weight:600;color:#333;} section{margin-top:8px;}</style>",
+            "<style>"
+            "body{font:16px/1.5 system-ui,Segoe UI,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"
+            "padding:24px;max-width:900px;margin:auto;}"
+            "article{padding:16px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;}"
+            "article header time{font-weight:600;color:#333;}"
+            "section{margin-top:8px;}"
+            "table{border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:8px;}"
+            "th,td{border:1px solid #ddd;padding:4px 8px;text-align:left;}"
+            "</style>",
             "<body>",
             f"<h1>{html.escape(title)}</h1>",
         ]
         for d, c in entries:
+            body_html = markdown.markdown(
+                c,
+                extensions=[
+                    "extra",
+                    "nl2br",
+                ],
+                output_format="html5",
+            )
+
             parts.append(
-                f"<article><header><time>{html.escape(d)}</time></header><section>{c}</section></article>"
+                f"<article>"
+                f"<header><time>{html.escape(d)}</time></header>"
+                f"<section>{body_html}</section>"
+                f"</article>"
             )
         parts.append("</body></html>")
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ac46700..b968699 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -307,6 +307,21 @@ files = [
     {file = "iniconfig-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c76315c77db068650d49c5b56314774a7804df16fee4402c1f19d6d15d8c4730"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "markdown"
+version = "3.10"
+description = "Python implementation of John Gruber's Markdown."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.10"
+files = [
+    {file = "markdown-3.10-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b5b99d6951e2e4948d939255596523444c0e677c669700b1d17aa4a8a464cb7c"},
+    {file = "markdown-3.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:37062d4f2aa4b2b6b32aefb80faa300f82cc790cb949a35b8caede34f2b68c0e"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["mdx_gh_links (>=0.2)", "mkdocs (>=1.6)", "mkdocs-gen-files", "mkdocs-literate-nav", "mkdocs-nature (>=0.6)", "mkdocs-section-index", "mkdocstrings[python]"]
+testing = ["coverage", "pyyaml"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "packaging"
 version = "25.0"
@@ -744,4 +759,4 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.14"
-content-hash = "d5fd8ea759b6bd3f23336930bdce9241659256ed918ec31746787cc86e817235"
+content-hash = "86db2b4d6498ce9eba7fa9aedf9ce58fec6a63542b5f3bdb3cf6c4067e5b87df"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f13468..3d46c7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 pyside6 = ">=6.8.1,<7.0.0"
 sqlcipher3-wheels = "^0.5.5.post0"
 requests = "^2.32.5"
+markdown = "^3.10"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 bouquin = "bouquin.__main__:main"
