diff --git a/config.cpp b/config.cpp
index 6bf8c3e..7d74f89 100644
--- a/config.cpp
+++ b/config.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Config::Config(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &map)
 
 	this->configmap = map;
 	this->wikipath = optional("wikipath", "/");
+	this->parser = optional("parser", "markdown");
 	this->handlersConfig.anon_username = optional("anon_username", "anonymouse");
 	this->handlersConfig.wikiname = required("wikiname");
 	this->logfile = required("logfile");
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 6780d83..c682340 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Config
 	std::string templateprefix;
 	std::string logfile;
 	std::string connectionstring;
+	std::string parser;
 	int session_max_lifetime;
 	int threadscount;
 
diff --git a/handlers/handler.h b/handlers/handler.h
index 8569c0e..7d22f4b 100644
--- a/handlers/handler.h
+++ b/handlers/handler.h
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 #include "../database/queryoption.h"
 #include "../logger.h"
 #include "../cache/icache.h"
+#include "../iparser.h"
+
 class Handler
 {
   protected:
 	ICache *cache;
+	IParser *parser;
 	Template *templ;
 	Database *database;
 	Session *userSession;
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ class Handler
 
   public:
 	Handler(HandlerConfig &handlersConfig, Template &templ, Database &db, Session &userSession, UrlProvider &provider,
-			ICache &cache)
+			ICache &cache, IParser &parser)
 	{
 		this->handlersConfig = &handlersConfig;
 		this->templ = &templ;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ class Handler
 		this->userSession = &userSession;
 		this->urlProvider = &provider;
 		this->cache = &cache;
+		this->parser = &parser;
 	}
 
 	virtual Response handle(const Request &r);
diff --git a/handlers/handlerfactory.h b/handlers/handlerfactory.h
index 7120b89..e08649f 100644
--- a/handlers/handlerfactory.h
+++ b/handlers/handlerfactory.h
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ class HandlerFactory
 	Database &db;
 	UrlProvider &urlProvider;
 	ICache &cache;
+	IParser &parser;
 
 	template <class T> inline std::unique_ptr<T> produce(Session &userSession)
 	{
-		return std::make_unique<T>(handlerConfig, templ, db, userSession, urlProvider, cache);
+		return std::make_unique<T>(handlerConfig, templ, db, userSession, urlProvider, cache, parser);
 	}
 
   public:
-	HandlerFactory(HandlerConfig &handlerConfig, Template &templ, Database &db, UrlProvider &urlprovider, ICache &cache)
-		: handlerConfig(handlerConfig), templ(templ), db(db), urlProvider(urlprovider), cache(cache)
+	HandlerFactory(HandlerConfig &handlerConfig, Template &templ, Database &db, UrlProvider &urlprovider, ICache &cache, IParser &parser)
+		: handlerConfig(handlerConfig), templ(templ), db(db), urlProvider(urlprovider), cache(cache), parser(parser)
 	{
 	}
 	std::unique_ptr<Handler> createHandler(const std::string &action, Session &userSession);
diff --git a/handlers/handlerpageview.cpp b/handlers/handlerpageview.cpp
index b80caac..fc97fdc 100644
--- a/handlers/handlerpageview.cpp
+++ b/handlers/handlerpageview.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Response HandlerPageView::handleRequest(PageDao &pageDao, std::string pagename,
 
 	TemplatePage &page = this->templ->getPage(templatepartname);
 
-	ParserLegacy parser;
+
 	Response result;
 	result.setStatus(200);
 	std::string indexcontent;
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ Response HandlerPageView::handleRequest(PageDao &pageDao, std::string pagename,
 
 	if(revisionid > 0)
 	{
-		indexcontent = createIndexContent(parser, revision->content);
-		parsedcontent = parser.parse(pageDao, *this->urlProvider, revision->content);
+		indexcontent = createIndexContent(*parser, revision->content);
+		parsedcontent = parser->parse(pageDao, *this->urlProvider, revision->content);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Response HandlerPageView::handleRequest(PageDao &pageDao, std::string pagename,
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			indexcontent = createIndexContent(parser, revision->content);
+			indexcontent = createIndexContent(*parser, revision->content);
 			this->cache->put(cachekeyindexcontent, indexcontent);
 		}
 		if(cachedparsedcontent)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Response HandlerPageView::handleRequest(PageDao &pageDao, std::string pagename,
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			parsedcontent = parser.parse(pageDao, *this->urlProvider, revision->content);
+			parsedcontent = parser->parse(pageDao, *this->urlProvider, revision->content);
 			this->cache->put(cachekeyparsedcontent, parsedcontent);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/iparser.h b/iparser.h
index 3835e86..973d516 100644
--- a/iparser.h
+++ b/iparser.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "headline.h"
 #include "database/pagedao.h"
 #include "urlprovider.h"
+
+
 class IParser
 {
   public:
@@ -16,4 +18,6 @@ class IParser
 	virtual ~IParser(){};
 };
 
+
+
 #endif // PARSER_H
diff --git a/qswiki.cpp b/qswiki.cpp
index 46143cb..395b52c 100644
--- a/qswiki.cpp
+++ b/qswiki.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include "requestworker.h"
 #include "cache/fscache.h"
 #include "sandbox/sandboxfactory.h"
+#include "iparser.h"
+#include "parserlegacy.h"
+#include "parsermarkdown.h"
+
 void sigterm_handler(int arg)
 {
 	// TODO: proper shutdown.
@@ -63,6 +67,17 @@ std::unique_ptr<ICache> createCache(const ConfigVariableResolver &resolver)
 
 	return std::make_unique<FsCache>(path);
 }
+
+std::unique_ptr<IParser> createParser(const ConfigVariableResolver &resolver)
+{
+	std::string parser = resolver.getConfig("parser");
+	if(parser == "legacy")
+	{
+		return std::make_unique<ParserLegacy>();
+	}
+	return std::make_unique<ParserMarkdown>();
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	if(geteuid() == 0)
@@ -135,7 +150,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		auto cache = createCache(config.configVarResolver);
 		cache->clear();
 
-		HandlerFactory handlerFactory{config.handlersConfig, siteTemplate, *database.get(), urlProvider, *cache.get()};
+		auto parser = createParser(config.configVarResolver);
+
+
+		HandlerFactory handlerFactory{config.handlersConfig, siteTemplate, *database.get(), urlProvider, *cache.get(), *parser.get()};
 		RequestWorker requestWorker{handlerFactory, database->createSessionDao(), siteTemplate};
 
 		auto interface = createGateway(config);