diff --git a/_includes/search.html b/_includes/search.html
index 4ee3698fee124689292ed3cdbf9456628dae87fe..3f8984e6a32c7270bc9fe063112a0d7079ec08cc 100644
--- a/_includes/search.html
+++ b/_includes/search.html
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     window.content = { {% for card in the_cards %}
         "{{ card.url | slugify }}": {
             "title": "{{ card.shortcut | xml_escape }}",
-            "content": {{ card.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 150 | jsonify }},
+            "content": {{ card.content | markdownify | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 150 | jsonify }},
             "url": "{{ card.url | xml_escape | relative_url }}"
         } {% unless forloop.last %},{% endunless %} {% endfor %}
     };