diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pagedown/pagedown.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/pagedown/pagedown.js.erb
index 63b8307e..4ab4062c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pagedown/pagedown.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pagedown/pagedown.js.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 renderPagedown = function() {
     $(".wmd-output").each(function (i) {
-        const converter = new Markdown.Converter();
+        const converter = Markdown.getSanitizingConverter();
         const content = $(this).html();
         return $(this).html(converter.makeHtml(content));
     })
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ createPagedownEditor = function( selector, context ) {
             return;
         }
         const attr = $(input).attr('id').split('wmd-input')[1];
-        const converter = new Markdown.Converter();
+        const converter = Markdown.getSanitizingConverter();
         Markdown.Extra.init(converter);
         const help = {
             handler() {