diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a23e87e..f4b1a4e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module suah.dev/mcchunkie
 go 1.13
 
 require (
+	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200127000047-1813ea067497
 	github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 507ed41..9488cd7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200127000047-1813ea067497 h1:wJkj+x9gPYlDyM34C6r3SXPs270coWeh85wu1CsusDo=
+github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20200127000047-1813ea067497/go.mod h1:aii0r/K0ZnHv7G0KF7xy1v0A7s2Ljrb5byB7MO5p6TU=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0 h1:0udJVsspx3VBr5FwtLhQQtuAsVc79tTq0ocGIPAU6qo=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d h1:Vf/EQgAfg8/CBUQv9te7UJreZ9iKKouB2gb8UIRM4jQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix v0.0.0-20200128155335-9e7906b6766d/go.mod h1:3fxX6gUjWyI/2Bt7J1OLhpCzOfO/bB3AiX0cJtEKud0=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
+golang.org/dl v0.0.0-20190829154251-82a15e2f2ead/go.mod h1:IUMfjQLJQd4UTqG1Z90tenwKoCX93Gn3MAQJMOSBsDQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200128174031-69ecbb4d6d5d h1:9FCpayM9Egr1baVnV1SX0H87m+XB0B8S0hAMi99X/3U=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200128174031-69ecbb4d6d5d/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
index aeb98c0..df433b4 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix"
 )
 
@@ -122,6 +123,31 @@ func SendText(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SendHTML sends an html message to a given room. It pretends to be
+// "typing" by calling UserTyping for the caller.
+func SendHTML(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
+	_, err := c.UserTyping(roomID, true, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.SendMessageEvent(roomID, "m.room.message", gomatrix.GetHTMLMessage("m.text", message))
+
+	_, err = c.UserTyping(roomID, false, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SendMD takes markdown and converts it to an html message.
+func SendMD(c *gomatrix.Client, roomID, message string) error {
+	md := []byte(message)
+	html := markdown.ToHTML(md, nil, nil)
+	SendHTML(c, roomID, string(html))
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Plugins is a collection of our plugins. An instance of this is iterated
 // over for each message the bot receives.
 type Plugins []Plugin