diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index afa267a..cf53580 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repos:
       - id: zig-build
   - repo: local
     hooks:
-      - id: zlint
+      - id: test
         name: Run zig build test
         entry: zig
         args: ["build", "--verbose", "test"]
diff --git a/src/atom.zig b/src/atom.zig
index f5f33f2..ef836c5 100644
--- a/src/atom.zig
+++ b/src/atom.zig
@@ -4,17 +4,156 @@ const ArrayList = std.ArrayList;
 const zeit = @import("zeit");
 
 const Release = @import("main.zig").Release;
+const markdown = @import("markdown.zig");
 
 fn escapeXml(writer: anytype, input: []const u8) !void {
-    for (input) |char| {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var open_spans: u8 = 0; // Track number of open spans
+
+    while (i < input.len) {
+        const char = input[i];
+
+        // Handle ANSI escape sequences
+        if (char == 0x1B and i + 1 < input.len and input[i + 1] == '[') {
+            // Found ANSI escape sequence, convert to HTML
+            i += 2; // Skip ESC and [
+            const code_start = i;
+
+            // Find the end of the ANSI sequence
+            while (i < input.len) {
+                const c = input[i];
+                i += 1;
+                // ANSI sequences end with a letter (A-Z, a-z)
+                if ((c >= 'A' and c <= 'Z') or (c >= 'a' and c <= 'z')) {
+                    // Extract the numeric codes
+                    const codes = input[code_start .. i - 1];
+                    try convertAnsiToHtml(writer, codes, c, &open_spans);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
         switch (char) {
             '<' => try writer.writeAll("&lt;"),
             '>' => try writer.writeAll("&gt;"),
             '&' => try writer.writeAll("&amp;"),
             '"' => try writer.writeAll("&quot;"),
             '\'' => try writer.writeAll("&apos;"),
-            else => try writer.writeByte(char),
+            // Valid XML characters: #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x10000-#x10FFFF]
+            0x09, 0x0A, 0x0D => try writer.writeByte(char), // Tab, LF, CR
+            else => {
+                if (char >= 0x20 and char <= 0x7F) {
+                    // Printable ASCII (excluding already handled special chars)
+                    try writer.writeByte(char);
+                } else if (char >= 0x80) {
+                    // Extended ASCII (will be handled as UTF-8)
+                    try writer.writeByte(char);
+                } else if (char < 0x20) {
+                    // Other control characters - replace with space to preserve spacing
+                    try writer.writeByte(' ');
+                } else {
+                    // else skip completely invalid characters
+                    const start = if (i < 10) 0 else i - 10;
+                    std.log.warn("invalid character 0x{x} encountered, skipping. Previous {} chars: {s}", .{ char, i - start, input[start..i] });
+                }
+            },
         }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    // Close any remaining open spans
+    while (open_spans > 0) {
+        try writer.writeAll("</span>");
+        open_spans -= 1;
+    }
+}
+
+fn convertAnsiToHtml(writer: anytype, codes: []const u8, end_char: u8, open_spans: *u8) !void {
+    // Only handle SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) sequences that end with 'm'
+    if (end_char != 'm') {
+        return; // Skip non-color sequences
+    }
+
+    // Parse semicolon-separated codes
+    var code_iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, codes, ';');
+    var has_styles = false;
+
+    // Use a fixed buffer for styles to avoid allocation
+    var styles_buf: [256]u8 = undefined;
+    var styles_len: usize = 0;
+
+    while (code_iter.next()) |code_str| {
+        const code = std.fmt.parseInt(u8, std.mem.trim(u8, code_str, " "), 10) catch continue;
+
+        switch (code) {
+            0 => {
+                // Reset - close all open spans
+                while (open_spans.* > 0) {
+                    try writer.writeAll("</span>");
+                    open_spans.* -= 1;
+                }
+                return;
+            },
+            1 => {
+                // Bold
+                const style = if (has_styles) ";font-weight:bold" else "font-weight:bold";
+                if (styles_len + style.len < styles_buf.len) {
+                    @memcpy(styles_buf[styles_len .. styles_len + style.len], style);
+                    styles_len += style.len;
+                    has_styles = true;
+                }
+            },
+            22 => {
+                // Normal intensity (turn off bold) - close current span and open new one without bold
+                if (open_spans.* > 0) {
+                    try writer.writeAll("</span>");
+                    open_spans.* -= 1;
+                }
+                // Don't add font-weight:normal as a new style, just close the bold span
+                return;
+            },
+            30 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#000000"), // Black
+            31 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#800000"), // Red
+            32 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#008000"), // Green
+            33 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#808000"), // Yellow
+            34 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#000080"), // Blue
+            35 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#800080"), // Magenta
+            36 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#008080"), // Cyan
+            37 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#c0c0c0"), // White
+            39 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:inherit"), // Default foreground
+            90 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#808080"), // Bright Black (Gray)
+            91 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#ff0000"), // Bright Red
+            92 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#00ff00"), // Bright Green
+            93 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#ffff00"), // Bright Yellow
+            94 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#0000ff"), // Bright Blue
+            95 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#ff00ff"), // Bright Magenta
+            96 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#00ffff"), // Bright Cyan
+            97 => try appendColorToBuffer(&styles_buf, &styles_len, &has_styles, "color:#ffffff"), // Bright White
+            else => {}, // Ignore unknown codes
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (has_styles) {
+        try writer.writeAll("<span style=\"");
+        try writer.writeAll(styles_buf[0..styles_len]);
+        try writer.writeAll("\">");
+        open_spans.* += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+fn appendColorToBuffer(styles_buf: *[256]u8, styles_len: *usize, has_styles: *bool, color: []const u8) !void {
+    const prefix = if (has_styles.*) ";" else "";
+    const total_len = prefix.len + color.len;
+
+    if (styles_len.* + total_len < styles_buf.len) {
+        if (prefix.len > 0) {
+            @memcpy(styles_buf[styles_len.* .. styles_len.* + prefix.len], prefix);
+            styles_len.* += prefix.len;
+        }
+        @memcpy(styles_buf[styles_len.* .. styles_len.* + color.len], color);
+        styles_len.* += color.len;
+        has_styles.* = true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -69,9 +208,19 @@ pub fn generateFeed(allocator: Allocator, releases: []const Release) ![]u8 {
         try escapeXml(writer, release.provider);
         try writer.writeAll("</name></author>\n");
 
-        try writer.writeAll("  <summary>");
-        try escapeXml(writer, release.description);
-        try writer.writeAll("</summary>\n");
+        // Convert markdown to HTML
+        const conversion_result = try markdown.convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, release.description);
+        defer conversion_result.deinit(allocator);
+
+        // Add content with proper type attribute and XML-escaped HTML
+        try writer.writeAll("  <content type=\"html\">");
+        try escapeXml(writer, conversion_result.html);
+        try writer.writeAll("</content>\n");
+
+        // Add fallback metadata if markdown conversion used fallback
+        if (conversion_result.has_fallback) {
+            try writer.writeAll("  <category term=\"markdown-fallback\" label=\"Contains unprocessed markdown\"/>\n");
+        }
 
         try writer.writeAll("  <category term=\"");
         try escapeXml(writer, release.provider);
@@ -85,6 +234,25 @@ pub fn generateFeed(allocator: Allocator, releases: []const Release) ![]u8 {
     return buffer.toOwnedSlice();
 }
 
+test "XML escaping with ANSI sequences" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+
+    var buffer = ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    defer buffer.deinit();
+
+    // Test input with ANSI color codes like those found in terminal output
+    const input = "Test \x1B[36mcolored\x1B[0m text and \x1B[1mbold\x1B[22m formatting";
+    try escapeXml(buffer.writer(), input);
+
+    const result = try buffer.toOwnedSlice();
+    defer allocator.free(result);
+
+    // ANSI sequences should be converted to HTML spans
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result, "<span style=\"color:#008080\">") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result, "</span>") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result, "colored") != null);
+}
+
 test "XML escaping" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
@@ -101,7 +269,7 @@ test "XML escaping" {
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result);
 }
 
-test "Atom feed generation" {
+test "Atom feed generation with markdown" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
     const releases = [_]Release{
@@ -110,7 +278,7 @@ test "Atom feed generation" {
             .tag_name = "v1.0.0",
             .published_at = "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
             .html_url = "https://github.com/test/repo/releases/tag/v1.0.0",
-            .description = "Test release",
+            .description = "## What's Changed\n* Fixed bug\n* Added feature",
             .provider = "github",
         },
     };
@@ -121,6 +289,31 @@ test "Atom feed generation" {
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "test/repo") != null);
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "v1.0.0") != null);
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "<feed xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\">") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "<content type=\"html\">") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;h2&gt;What&amp;apos;s Changed&lt;/h2&gt;") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;ul&gt;") != null);
+}
+
+test "Atom feed with fallback markdown" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+
+    const releases = [_]Release{
+        Release{
+            .repo_name = "test/repo",
+            .tag_name = "v1.0.0",
+            .published_at = "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+            .html_url = "https://github.com/test/repo/releases/tag/v1.0.0",
+            .description = "```javascript\nconst x = 1;\n```",
+            .provider = "github",
+        },
+    };
+
+    const atom_content = try generateFeed(allocator, &releases);
+    defer allocator.free(atom_content);
+
+    // Should contain fallback metadata
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "markdown-fallback") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;pre&gt;") != null);
 }
 
 test "Atom feed with special characters" {
@@ -140,13 +333,10 @@ test "Atom feed with special characters" {
     const atom_content = try generateFeed(allocator, &releases);
     defer allocator.free(atom_content);
 
-    // Verify special characters are properly escaped
+    // Verify special characters are properly escaped in title
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;script&gt;") != null);
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&amp; more") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&quot;release&quot;") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;special&gt;") != null);
 
     // Verify raw special characters are not present
     try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "<script>") == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "\"release\"") == null);
 }
diff --git a/src/markdown.zig b/src/markdown.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e277b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markdown.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,510 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const ArrayList = std.ArrayList;
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+pub const ConversionResult = struct {
+    html: []u8,
+    has_fallback: bool,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: ConversionResult, allocator: Allocator) void {
+        allocator.free(self.html);
+    }
+};
+
+/// Convert markdown text to HTML with fallback to <pre> blocks for unhandled content
+pub fn convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator: Allocator, markdown: []const u8) !ConversionResult {
+    var result = ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    defer result.deinit();
+
+    var has_fallback = false;
+    var lines = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, markdown, '\n');
+    var in_list = false;
+    var list_type: ?u8 = null; // '*' or '-'
+
+    while (lines.next()) |line| {
+        const trimmed = std.mem.trim(u8, line, " \t\r");
+
+        if (trimmed.len == 0) {
+            try result.appendSlice("<br/>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Handle headers
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "## ")) {
+            if (in_list) {
+                try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+                in_list = false;
+                list_type = null;
+            }
+            const header_text = trimmed[3..];
+            try result.appendSlice("<h2>");
+            try appendEscapedHtml(&result, header_text);
+            try result.appendSlice("</h2>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "### ")) {
+            if (in_list) {
+                try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+                in_list = false;
+                list_type = null;
+            }
+            const header_text = trimmed[4..];
+            try result.appendSlice("<h3>");
+            try appendEscapedHtml(&result, header_text);
+            try result.appendSlice("</h3>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "#### ")) {
+            if (in_list) {
+                try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+                in_list = false;
+                list_type = null;
+            }
+            const header_text = trimmed[5..];
+            try result.appendSlice("<h4>");
+            try appendEscapedHtml(&result, header_text);
+            try result.appendSlice("</h4>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "##### ")) {
+            if (in_list) {
+                try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+                in_list = false;
+                list_type = null;
+            }
+            const header_text = trimmed[6..];
+            try result.appendSlice("<h5>");
+            try appendEscapedHtml(&result, header_text);
+            try result.appendSlice("</h5>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Handle list items
+        if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "* ") or std.mem.startsWith(u8, trimmed, "- ")) {
+            const current_marker = trimmed[0];
+            const item_text = trimmed[2..];
+
+            if (!in_list or list_type != current_marker) {
+                if (in_list) {
+                    try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+                }
+                try result.appendSlice("<ul>\n");
+                in_list = true;
+                list_type = current_marker;
+            }
+
+            try result.appendSlice("<li>");
+            try appendProcessedText(&result, item_text);
+            try result.appendSlice("</li>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Close list if we're in one and this isn't a list item
+        if (in_list) {
+            try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+            in_list = false;
+            list_type = null;
+        }
+
+        // Check for complex markdown patterns that we don't handle
+        if (hasComplexMarkdown(trimmed)) {
+            has_fallback = true;
+            try result.appendSlice("<pre>");
+            try appendEscapedHtml(&result, trimmed);
+            try result.appendSlice("</pre>\n");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Regular paragraph
+        try result.appendSlice("<p>");
+        try appendProcessedText(&result, trimmed);
+        try result.appendSlice("</p>\n");
+    }
+
+    // Close any remaining list
+    if (in_list) {
+        try result.appendSlice("</ul>\n");
+    }
+
+    return ConversionResult{
+        .html = try result.toOwnedSlice(),
+        .has_fallback = has_fallback,
+    };
+}
+
+/// Process text for inline formatting (links, bold, italic)
+fn appendProcessedText(result: *ArrayList(u8), text: []const u8) !void {
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < text.len) {
+        // Handle markdown links [text](url)
+        if (text[i] == '[') {
+            if (findMarkdownLink(text[i..])) |link_info| {
+                try result.appendSlice("<a href=\"");
+                try appendEscapedHtml(result, link_info.url);
+                try result.appendSlice("\">");
+                try appendEscapedHtml(result, link_info.text);
+                try result.appendSlice("</a>");
+                i += link_info.total_len;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Handle bold **text**
+        if (i + 1 < text.len and text[i] == '*' and text[i + 1] == '*') {
+            if (findBoldText(text[i..])) |bold_info| {
+                try result.appendSlice("<strong>");
+                try appendEscapedHtml(result, bold_info.text);
+                try result.appendSlice("</strong>");
+                i += bold_info.total_len;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Handle italic *text* (but not if it's part of **)
+        if (text[i] == '*' and (i == 0 or text[i - 1] != '*') and (i + 1 >= text.len or text[i + 1] != '*')) {
+            if (findItalicText(text[i..])) |italic_info| {
+                try result.appendSlice("<em>");
+                try appendEscapedHtml(result, italic_info.text);
+                try result.appendSlice("</em>");
+                i += italic_info.total_len;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Handle inline code `text`
+        if (text[i] == '`') {
+            if (findInlineCode(text[i..])) |code_info| {
+                try result.appendSlice("<code>");
+                try appendEscapedHtml(result, code_info.text);
+                try result.appendSlice("</code>");
+                i += code_info.total_len;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Regular character - escape for HTML
+        switch (text[i]) {
+            '<' => try result.appendSlice("&lt;"),
+            '>' => try result.appendSlice("&gt;"),
+            '&' => try result.appendSlice("&amp;"),
+            '"' => try result.appendSlice("&quot;"),
+            '\'' => try result.appendSlice("&apos;"),
+            else => try result.append(text[i]),
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/// Append HTML-escaped text
+fn appendEscapedHtml(result: *ArrayList(u8), text: []const u8) !void {
+    for (text) |char| {
+        switch (char) {
+            '<' => try result.appendSlice("&lt;"),
+            '>' => try result.appendSlice("&gt;"),
+            '&' => try result.appendSlice("&amp;"),
+            '"' => try result.appendSlice("&quot;"),
+            '\'' => try result.appendSlice("&apos;"),
+            else => try result.append(char),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const LinkInfo = struct {
+    text: []const u8,
+    url: []const u8,
+    total_len: usize,
+};
+
+/// Find markdown link pattern [text](url)
+fn findMarkdownLink(text: []const u8) ?LinkInfo {
+    if (text.len < 4 or text[0] != '[') return null;
+
+    // Find closing ]
+    var bracket_end: ?usize = null;
+    for (text[1..], 1..) |char, i| {
+        if (char == ']') {
+            bracket_end = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const bracket_pos = bracket_end orelse return null;
+    if (bracket_pos + 1 >= text.len or text[bracket_pos + 1] != '(') return null;
+
+    // Find closing )
+    var paren_end: ?usize = null;
+    for (text[bracket_pos + 2 ..], bracket_pos + 2..) |char, i| {
+        if (char == ')') {
+            paren_end = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const paren_pos = paren_end orelse return null;
+
+    return LinkInfo{
+        .text = text[1..bracket_pos],
+        .url = text[bracket_pos + 2 .. paren_pos],
+        .total_len = paren_pos + 1,
+    };
+}
+
+const TextInfo = struct {
+    text: []const u8,
+    total_len: usize,
+};
+
+/// Find bold text **text**
+fn findBoldText(text: []const u8) ?TextInfo {
+    if (text.len < 4 or !std.mem.startsWith(u8, text, "**")) return null;
+
+    // Find closing **
+    var i: usize = 2;
+    while (i + 1 < text.len) {
+        if (text[i] == '*' and text[i + 1] == '*') {
+            return TextInfo{
+                .text = text[2..i],
+                .total_len = i + 2,
+            };
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+/// Find italic text *text*
+fn findItalicText(text: []const u8) ?TextInfo {
+    if (text.len < 3 or text[0] != '*') return null;
+
+    // Find closing *
+    for (text[1..], 1..) |char, i| {
+        if (char == '*') {
+            return TextInfo{
+                .text = text[1..i],
+                .total_len = i + 1,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+/// Find inline code `text`
+fn findInlineCode(text: []const u8) ?TextInfo {
+    if (text.len < 3 or text[0] != '`') return null;
+
+    // Find closing `
+    for (text[1..], 1..) |char, i| {
+        if (char == '`') {
+            return TextInfo{
+                .text = text[1..i],
+                .total_len = i + 1,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+
+/// Check if text contains complex markdown patterns we don't handle
+fn hasComplexMarkdown(text: []const u8) bool {
+    // Code blocks
+    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, "```") != null) return true;
+
+    // Tables
+    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, "|") != null) return true;
+
+    // Images
+    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, "![") != null) return true;
+
+    // Block quotes
+    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, text, "> ")) return true;
+
+    // Horizontal rules
+    if (std.mem.eql(u8, text, "---") or std.mem.eql(u8, text, "***")) return true;
+
+    // HTML tags (already HTML, might be complex)
+    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, "<") != null and std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, ">") != null) return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+// Tests
+test "convert headers" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "## What's Changed\n### Bug Fixes\n#### Details\n##### Notes";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<h2>What&apos;s Changed</h2>\n<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>\n<h4>Details</h4>\n<h5>Notes</h5>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Headers test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "convert lists" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "* First item\n* Second item\n- Different marker\n- Another item";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<ul>\n<li>First item</li>\n<li>Second item</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Different marker</li>\n<li>Another item</li>\n</ul>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Lists test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "convert links" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "Check out [GitHub](https://github.com) for more info.";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<p>Check out <a href=\"https://github.com\">GitHub</a> for more info.</p>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Links test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "convert bold and italic" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "This is **bold** and this is *italic* text.";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<p>This is <strong>bold</strong> and this is <em>italic</em> text.</p>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Bold/Italic test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "convert inline code" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "Use the `git commit` command to save changes.";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<p>Use the <code>git commit</code> command to save changes.</p>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Inline code test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "fallback for complex markdown" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "```javascript\nconst x = 1;\n```\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 |\n|----------|----------|\n| Data     | More     |";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    try testing.expect(result.has_fallback);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<pre>") != null);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Fallback test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\nHas fallback: {}\n", .{ markdown, result.html, result.has_fallback });
+    }
+}
+
+test "real release note example" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    // Example from actual release notes in the feed
+    const markdown =
+        \\## What's Changed
+        \\
+        \\* Not generating undo records for insertions into tables created by the same transaction (performance)
+        \\* Fastpath intra-page navigation in B-tree (performance)
+        \\* OrioleDB database cluster rewind (experimental feature)
+        \\* Support of tablespaces
+        \\* Support of more than 32 columns for Oriole table
+        \\* Fallback to simple reindex instead of concurrent (sql syntax compatibility)
+        \\
+        \\**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/orioledb/orioledb/compare/beta11...beta12
+    ;
+
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    // Should contain proper HTML structure
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<h2>What&apos;s Changed</h2>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<ul>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<li>Not generating undo records") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<strong>Full Changelog</strong>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Real example test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "mixed content with headers and lists" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    // Another real example pattern
+    const markdown =
+        \\## KraftKit v0.11.6-212-g74599361 (2025-07-13T12:45:17Z)
+        \\
+        \\This is the pre-release version of KraftKit.
+        \\
+        \\## Changelog
+        \\### 🤖 Bumps
+        \\* 41a6a089d3ca955711a5f5291b0ef82aa14d5792: gomod(deps): Bump github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 (@dependabot[bot])
+        \\* ef77627f58e50f5ad027ff06c8d365db57feb020: gomod(deps): Bump golang.org/x/term from 0.32.0 to 0.33.0 (@dependabot[bot])
+    ;
+
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    // Should contain proper HTML structure
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<h2>KraftKit v0.11.6-212-g74599361") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<h2>Changelog</h2>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<h3>🤖 Bumps</h3>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<ul>") != null);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, result.html, "<li>41a6a089d3ca955711a5f5291b0ef82aa14d5792") != null);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("Mixed content test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
+
+test "html escaping" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+
+    const markdown = "## Test <script>alert('xss')</script> & \"quotes\"";
+    const result = try convertMarkdownToHtml(allocator, markdown);
+    defer result.deinit(allocator);
+
+    const expected = "<h2>Test &lt;script&gt;alert(&apos;xss&apos;)&lt;/script&gt; &amp; &quot;quotes&quot;</h2>\n";
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected, result.html);
+    try testing.expect(!result.has_fallback);
+
+    if (std.process.hasEnvVar(allocator, "test-debug") catch false) {
+        std.debug.print("HTML escaping test - Input: {s}\nOutput: {s}\n", .{ markdown, result.html });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/xml_parser.zig b/src/xml_parser.zig
index b921bf1..1155d58 100644
--- a/src/xml_parser.zig
+++ b/src/xml_parser.zig
@@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ fn parseEntry(allocator: Allocator, entry_xml: []const u8) !Release {
         release.published_at = updated;
     }
 
-    // Parse summary (description)
-    if (extractTagContent(entry_xml, "summary", allocator)) |summary| {
+    // Parse content (description) - try content first, then fall back to summary
+    if (extractTagContent(entry_xml, "content", allocator)) |content| {
+        allocator.free(release.description);
+        release.description = content;
+    } else if (extractTagContent(entry_xml, "summary", allocator)) |summary| {
         allocator.free(release.description);
         release.description = summary;
     }
@@ -115,6 +118,23 @@ fn extractTagContent(xml: []const u8, tag_name: []const u8, allocator: Allocator
             return unescapeXml(allocator, content) catch null;
         }
     }
+
+    // Also try with attributes (e.g., <content type="html">)
+    const open_tag_with_attrs = std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "<{s} ", .{tag_name}) catch return null;
+    defer allocator.free(open_tag_with_attrs);
+
+    if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, xml, open_tag_with_attrs)) |start_pos| {
+        // Find the end of the opening tag
+        if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, xml[start_pos..], ">")) |tag_end_offset| {
+            const content_start = start_pos + tag_end_offset + 1;
+            if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, xml[content_start..], close_tag)) |end_offset| {
+                const content_end = content_start + end_offset;
+                const content = xml[content_start..content_end];
+                return unescapeXml(allocator, content) catch null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     return null;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/xml_parser_tests.zig b/src/xml_parser_tests.zig
index 971a4b9..cc1bad8 100644
--- a/src/xml_parser_tests.zig
+++ b/src/xml_parser_tests.zig
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ test "round trip: generate atom feed and parse it back" {
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("v1.0.0", parsed_releases.items[0].tag_name);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", parsed_releases.items[0].published_at);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("https://github.com/test/repo1/releases/tag/v1.0.0", parsed_releases.items[0].html_url);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings("First release", parsed_releases.items[0].description);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("<p>First release</p>\n", parsed_releases.items[0].description);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("github", parsed_releases.items[0].provider);
 
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("test/repo2", parsed_releases.items[1].repo_name);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("v2.0.0", parsed_releases.items[1].tag_name);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("2024-01-02T00:00:00Z", parsed_releases.items[1].published_at);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("https://github.com/test/repo2/releases/tag/v2.0.0", parsed_releases.items[1].html_url);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings("Second release", parsed_releases.items[1].description);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("<p>Second release</p>\n", parsed_releases.items[1].description);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("github", parsed_releases.items[1].provider);
 }
 
@@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ test "parse atom feed with special characters" {
     const atom_content = try atom.generateFeed(allocator, &original_releases);
     defer allocator.free(atom_content);
 
-    // Verify the XML contains escaped characters
+    // Verify the XML contains escaped characters in the title (not in content)
     try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&lt;script&gt;") != null);
     try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&amp; more") != null);
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&quot;release&quot;") != null);
+    // The content will be XML-escaped HTML, so quotes in HTML will be &amp;quot;
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, atom_content, "&amp;quot;release&amp;quot;") != null);
 
     // Parse it back (this should unescape the characters)
     var parsed_releases = try xml_parser.parseAtomFeed(allocator, atom_content);
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ test "parse atom feed with special characters" {
     try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), parsed_releases.items.len);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("test/repo<script>", parsed_releases.items[0].repo_name);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("v1.0.0 & more", parsed_releases.items[0].tag_name);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings("Test \"release\" with <special> chars & symbols", parsed_releases.items[0].description);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("<pre>Test &quot;release&quot; with &lt;special&gt; chars &amp; symbols</pre>\n", parsed_releases.items[0].description);
 }
 
 test "parse malformed atom feed gracefully" {