diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4cff51..7ff0259 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pandoc_resume/
 publish/
+__pycache__
diff --git a/src/mdtohtml.py b/src/mdtohtml.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1ea271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mdtohtml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
+
+md = MarkdownIt()
+
+def mdtohtml(mdsrc):
+    return md.render(mdsrc)