diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
index cbac1180..89a3a426 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
%span.add-on git clone
= text_field_tag :project_clone, @project.url_to_repo, :class => "xlarge one_click_select git_clone_url"
-= simple_format @project.description
+- if @project.description.present?
+ = markdown @project.description
- unless @events.blank?
%h5.cgray Recent Activity
.content_list= render @events