diff --git a/src/common/text/elements/code.js b/src/common/text/elements/code.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d046716ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/text/elements/code.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Code
+ */
+
+const regexp = /```([\s\S]+?)```/;
+
+module.exports = {
+	test: x => new RegExp('^' + regexp.source).test(x),
+	parse: text => {
+		const code = text.match(new RegExp('^' + regexp.source))[0];
+		return {
+			type: 'code',
+			content: code,
+			code: code.substr(3, code.length - 6).trim()
+		};
+	}
+};
diff --git a/src/common/text/index.js b/src/common/text/index.js
index 973e7c5236..636f0c4681 100644
--- a/src/common/text/index.js
+++ b/src/common/text/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ const elements = [
 	require('./elements/bold'),
 	require('./elements/url'),
 	require('./elements/mention'),
-	require('./elements/hashtag')
+	require('./elements/hashtag'),
+	require('./elements/code')
 ];
 
 function analyze(source) {
diff --git a/src/web/app/common/scripts/text-compiler.js b/src/web/app/common/scripts/text-compiler.js
index 8ea2361b87..ab322764f3 100644
--- a/src/web/app/common/scripts/text-compiler.js
+++ b/src/web/app/common/scripts/text-compiler.js
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 const riot = require('riot');
 const nyaize = require('nyaize').default;
 
-module.exports = function(tokens, shouldBreak, escape) {
+const escape = function(text) {
+	return text
+		.replace(/>/g, '>')
+		.replace(/</g, '&lt;');
+};
+
+module.exports = function(tokens, shouldBreak, shouldEscape) {
 	if (shouldBreak == null) {
 		shouldBreak = true;
 	}
-	if (escape == null) {
-		escape = true;
+	if (shouldEscape != null) {
+		alert('do not use this option')
 	}
 
 	const me = riot.mixin('i').me;
@@ -14,26 +20,23 @@ module.exports = function(tokens, shouldBreak, escape) {
 	let text = tokens.map(function(token) {
 		switch (token.type) {
 			case 'text':
-				if (escape) {
-					return token.content
-						.replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
-						.replace(/</g, '&lt;')
-						.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/g, shouldBreak ? '<br>' : ' ');
-				} else {
-					return token.content
-						.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/g, shouldBreak ? '<br>' : ' ');
-				}
+				return escape(token.content)
+					.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/g, shouldBreak ? '<br>' : ' ');
 			case 'bold':
-				return '<strong>' + token.bold + '</strong>';
+				return '<strong>' + escape(token.bold) + '</strong>';
 			case 'link':
-				return '<mk-url href="' + token.content + '" target="_blank"></mk-url>';
+				return '<mk-url href="' + escape(token.content) + '" target="_blank"></mk-url>';
 			case 'mention':
-				return '<a href="' + CONFIG.url + '/' + token.username + '" target="_blank" data-user-preview="' + token.content + '">' + token.content + '</a>';
+				return '<a href="' + CONFIG.url + '/' + escape(token.username) + '" target="_blank" data-user-preview="' + token.content + '">' + token.content + '</a>';
 			case 'hashtag': // TODO
-				return '<a>' + token.content + '</a>';
+				return '<a>' + escape(token.content) + '</a>';
+			case 'code':
+				return '<pre><code>' + escape(token.code) + '</code></pre>';
 		}
 	}).join('');
 
+	text = text.replace(/<br><code><pre>/g, '<code><pre>').replace(/<\/code><\/pre><br>/g, '</code></pre>');
+
 	if (me && me.data && me.data.nya) {
 		text = nyaize(text);
 	}
diff --git a/src/web/app/desktop/tags/timeline-post.tag b/src/web/app/desktop/tags/timeline-post.tag
index 0105617e0d..7d6f537c8c 100644
--- a/src/web/app/desktop/tags/timeline-post.tag
+++ b/src/web/app/desktop/tags/timeline-post.tag
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 				</div>
 			</header>
 			<div class="body">
-				<div class="text">
+				<div class="text" ref="text">
 					<a class="reply" if={ p.reply_to }>
 						<i class="fa fa-reply"></i>
 					</a>
-					<span ref="text"></span>
+					<p>DUMMY</p>
 					<a class="quote" if={ p.repost != null }>RP:</a>
 				</div>
 				<div class="media" if={ p.media }>
@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@
 								font-style oblique
 								color #a0bf46
 
+							pre
+								padding 16px
+								overflow auto
+								font-size 80%
+								color #525252
+								background #f8f8f8
+								border-radius 2px
+
+								> code
+									font-family Consolas, 'Courier New', Courier, Monaco, monospace
+
 						> .media
 							> img
 								display block
@@ -304,7 +315,7 @@
 					then @analyze @p._highlight
 					else @analyze @p.text
 
-				@refs.text.innerHTML = if @p._highlight?
+				@refs.text.innerHTML = @refs.text.innerHTML.replace \<p>DUMMY</p> if @p._highlight?
 					then @compile tokens, true, false
 					else @compile tokens