diff --git a/src/components/Bookmarks.tsx b/src/components/Bookmarks.tsx
index b1b5cf47..576b6070 100644
--- a/src/components/Bookmarks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Bookmarks.tsx
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ const Bookmarks: React.FC<BookmarksProps> = ({ relayPool, onLogout }) => {
           loading={readerLoading}
           title={readerContent?.title}
           html={readerContent?.html}
+          markdown={readerContent?.markdown}
           selectedUrl={selectedUrl}
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/ContentPanel.tsx b/src/components/ContentPanel.tsx
index 1ee6f84f..4a2515a5 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContentPanel.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import React from 'react'
+import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown'
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm'
 
 interface ContentPanelProps {
   loading: boolean
   title?: string
   html?: string
+  markdown?: string
   selectedUrl?: string
 }
 
-const ContentPanel: React.FC<ContentPanelProps> = ({ loading, title, html, selectedUrl }) => {
+const ContentPanel: React.FC<ContentPanelProps> = ({ loading, title, html, markdown, selectedUrl }) => {
   if (!selectedUrl) {
     return (
       <div className="content-panel empty">
@@ -27,7 +30,13 @@ const ContentPanel: React.FC<ContentPanelProps> = ({ loading, title, html, selec
   return (
     <div className="content-panel">
       {title && <h2 className="content-title">{title}</h2>}
-      {html ? (
+      {markdown ? (
+        <div className="content-markdown">
+          <ReactMarkdown remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm]}>
+            {markdown}
+          </ReactMarkdown>
+        </div>
+      ) : html ? (
         <div className="content-html" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: html }} />
       ) : (
         <div className="content-panel empty">
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 592c6b67..ad5a2fc7 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -298,6 +298,45 @@ body {
   word-break: break-word;
 }
 
+.content-markdown {
+  color: #ddd;
+  line-height: 1.7;
+}
+
+.content-markdown h1,
+.content-markdown h2,
+.content-markdown h3,
+.content-markdown h4 {
+  margin-top: 1.2rem;
+}
+
+.content-markdown p {
+  margin: 0.5rem 0;
+}
+
+.content-markdown a {
+  color: #8ab4f8;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.content-markdown a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
+
+.content-markdown pre,
+.content-markdown code {
+  background: #111;
+  border: 1px solid #333;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+}
+
+.content-markdown pre {
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+.content-markdown code {
+  padding: 0.1rem 0.3rem;
+}
+
 .bookmark-item {
   background: #1a1a1a;
   padding: 1.5rem;
diff --git a/src/services/readerService.ts b/src/services/readerService.ts
index 8b2b97ab..b7489f19 100644
--- a/src/services/readerService.ts
+++ b/src/services/readerService.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 export interface ReadableContent {
   url: string
   title?: string
-  html: string
+  html?: string
+  markdown?: string
 }
 
 function toProxyUrl(url: string): string {
@@ -19,8 +20,24 @@ export async function fetchReadableContent(targetUrl: string): Promise<ReadableC
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to fetch readable content (${res.status})`)
   }
-  const html = await res.text()
-  // Best-effort title extraction
+  const text = await res.text()
+  // Detect if the proxy delivered Markdown or HTML. r.jina.ai often returns a
+  // block starting with "Title:" and "Markdown Content:". We handle both.
+  const hasMarkdownBlock = /Markdown Content:\s/i.test(text)
+
+  if (hasMarkdownBlock) {
+    // Try to split out Title and the Markdown payload
+    const titleMatch = text.match(/Title:\s*(.*?)(?:\s+URL Source:|\s+Markdown Content:)/i)
+    const mdMatch = text.match(/Markdown Content:\s*([\s\S]*)$/i)
+    return {
+      url: targetUrl,
+      title: titleMatch?.[1]?.trim(),
+      markdown: mdMatch?.[1]?.trim()
+    }
+  }
+
+  const html = text
+  // Best-effort title extraction from HTML
   const match = html.match(/<title[^>]*>(.*?)<\/title>/i)
   return {
     url: targetUrl,