diff --git a/assets/ts_src/event_listeners.ts b/assets/ts_src/event_listeners.ts
index 82f6e203..1a4f203a 100644
--- a/assets/ts_src/event_listeners.ts
+++ b/assets/ts_src/event_listeners.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {ajaxUI} from "./ajax_ui";
 import "bootbox";
 import "marked";
 import * as marked from "marked";
+import {parse} from "marked";
 
 /************************************
  *
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ $(document).on("ajaxUI:start", function () {
 
     parseMarkdown();
     $(document).on("ajaxUI:reload", parseMarkdown);
+    $(document).on("ajaxUI:dt_loaded", parseMarkdown);
 });
 
 $(document).on("ajaxUI:start ajaxUI:reload attachment:create", function() {
diff --git a/src/DataTables/Column/MarkdownColumn.php b/src/DataTables/Column/MarkdownColumn.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ea0b2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DataTables/Column/MarkdownColumn.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of Part-DB (https://github.com/Part-DB/Part-DB-symfony).
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Jan Böhmer (https://github.com/jbtronics)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+namespace App\DataTables\Column;
+
+
+use App\Services\MarkdownParser;
+use Omines\DataTablesBundle\Column\AbstractColumn;
+
+class MarkdownColumn extends AbstractColumn
+{
+    protected $markdown;
+
+    public function __construct(MarkdownParser $markdown)
+    {
+        $this->markdown = $markdown;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The normalize function is responsible for converting parsed and processed data to a datatables-appropriate type.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $value The single value of the column
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function normalize($value)
+    {
+        return $this->markdown->markForRendering($value, true);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DataTables/PartsDataTable.php b/src/DataTables/PartsDataTable.php
index a8a1c368..aa1c507d 100644
--- a/src/DataTables/PartsDataTable.php
+++ b/src/DataTables/PartsDataTable.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace App\DataTables;
 
 use App\DataTables\Column\EntityColumn;
 use App\DataTables\Column\LocaleDateTimeColumn;
+use App\DataTables\Column\MarkdownColumn;
 use App\DataTables\Column\PartAttachmentsColumn;
 use App\DataTables\Column\TagsColumn;
 use App\Entity\Attachments\Attachment;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ use App\Services\Attachments\AttachmentURLGenerator;
 use App\Services\Attachments\PartPreviewGenerator;
 use App\Services\EntityURLGenerator;
 use App\Services\FAIconGenerator;
+use App\Services\MarkdownParser;
 use App\Services\TreeBuilder;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 use Omines\DataTablesBundle\Adapter\Doctrine\ORM\SearchCriteriaProvider;
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ class PartsDataTable implements DataTableTypeInterface
                 'label' => $this->translator->trans('part.table.id'),
                 'visible' => false,
             ])
-            ->add('description', TextColumn::class, [
+            ->add('description', MarkdownColumn::class, [
                 'label' => $this->translator->trans('part.table.description'),
             ])
             ->add('category', EntityColumn::class, [