diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b0724fa..34f7c27 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ gem "seed-fu"
 
 # Markdown to HTML
 gem "redcarpet", "~> 2.1.1"
+gem 'github-markup'
 
 # Servers
 gem "thin"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f350b3f..fc73080 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ GEM
     gherkin (2.11.0)
       json (>= 1.4.6)
     git (1.2.5)
+    github-markup (0.7.4)
     gitlab_meta (2.9)
     grape (0.2.1)
       hashie (~> 1.2)
@@ -396,6 +397,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ffaker
   foreman
   git
+  github-markup
   gitlab_meta (= 2.9)
   gitolite!
   grack!
diff --git a/app/controllers/refs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/refs_controller.rb
index 3f81a2c..9036143 100644
--- a/app/controllers/refs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/refs_controller.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'github/markup'
+
 class RefsController < ApplicationController
   include Gitlab::Encode
   before_filter :project
--
libgit2 0.21.2