diff --git a/bornhack/settings/base.py b/bornhack/settings/base.py
index ab56fd63..f14b6e6c 100644
--- a/bornhack/settings/base.py
+++ b/bornhack/settings/base.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'camps',
     'shop',
     'news',
+    'utils',
 
     'allauth',
     'allauth.account',
diff --git a/camps/models.py b/camps/models.py
index 5ada4fb4..881d225f 100644
--- a/camps/models.py
+++ b/camps/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import datetime
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from bornhack.utils import CreatedUpdatedModel, UUIDModel
+from utils.models import UUIDModel, CreatedUpdatedModel
 
 from .managers import CampQuerySet
 
diff --git a/news/models.py b/news/models.py
index df577b53..6afba3a9 100644
--- a/news/models.py
+++ b/news/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.db import models
 
-from bornhack.utils import CreatedUpdatedModel
+from utils.models import CreatedUpdatedModel
 from news.managers import NewsItemQuerySet
 
 
diff --git a/news/templates/news_index.html b/news/templates/news_index.html
index 49440d98..c44faae1 100644
--- a/news/templates/news_index.html
+++ b/news/templates/news_index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load commonmark %}
 
 {% block content %}
 {% for item in news_items %}
   <div>
     <h3>{{ item.title }} <small>{{ item.published_at|date:"Y-m-d" }}</small></h3>
   </div>
-  {{ item.content }}
+  {{ item.content|commonmark }}
   {% if not forloop.last %}
     <hr />
   {% endif %}
diff --git a/profiles/models.py b/profiles/models.py
index 55fcf4a0..c072b585 100644
--- a/profiles/models.py
+++ b/profiles/models.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from django.db.models.signals import post_save
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from bornhack.utils import CreatedUpdatedModel, UUIDModel
+from utils.models import UUIDModel, CreatedUpdatedModel
 
 
 class Profile(CreatedUpdatedModel, UUIDModel):
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 5940d2bb..8b1226f9 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ psycopg2>=2.6.1
 PyPDF2>=1.25.1
 django-wkhtmltopdf>=3.0.0
 Pillow==3.2.0
-qrcode==5.3
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+qrcode==5.3
+CommonMark==0.6.4
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diff --git a/shop/models.py b/shop/models.py
index b3d6cce1..7ecda5e6 100644
--- a/shop/models.py
+++ b/shop/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.text import slugify
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
-from bornhack.utils import CreatedUpdatedModel, UUIDModel
+from utils.models import UUIDModel, CreatedUpdatedModel
 from .managers import ProductQuerySet
 import hashlib, io, base64, qrcode
 
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/utils/apps.py b/utils/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f2a6fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class UtilsConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'utils'
diff --git a/bornhack/utils.py b/utils/models.py
similarity index 88%
rename from bornhack/utils.py
rename to utils/models.py
index 0919be72..8dc5292c 100644
--- a/bornhack/utils.py
+++ b/utils/models.py
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@ import uuid
 from django.db import models
 
 
-class CreatedUpdatedModel(models.Model):
-    class Meta:
-        abstract = True
-
-    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-    updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
-
-
 class UUIDModel(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
@@ -20,3 +12,11 @@ class UUIDModel(models.Model):
         default=uuid.uuid4,
         editable=False,
     )
+
+
+class CreatedUpdatedModel(models.Model):
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
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diff --git a/utils/templatetags/__init__.py b/utils/templatetags/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/utils/templatetags/commonmark.py b/utils/templatetags/commonmark.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b885e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/templatetags/commonmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import CommonMark
+
+from django import template
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(is_safe=True)
+def commonmark(value):
+    parser = CommonMark.Parser()
+    renderer = CommonMark.HtmlRenderer()
+    ast = parser.parse(force_text(value))
+    return mark_safe(
+        force_text(renderer.render(ast))
+    )
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