diff --git a/pagure/lib/__init__.py b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
index cb2c63a..94d47cd 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 
 import datetime
+import markdown
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
@@ -2176,3 +2177,21 @@ def add_token_to_user(session, project, acls, username):
     session.commit()
 
     return 'Token created'
+
+def text2markdown(text):
+    """ Simple text to html converter using the markdown library.
+    """
+    if text:
+        # Hack to allow blockquotes to be marked by ~~~
+        ntext = []
+        indent = False
+        for line in text.split('\n'):
+            if line.startswith('~~~'):
+                indent = not indent
+                continue
+            if indent:
+                line = '    %s' % line
+            ntext.append(line)
+        return markdown.markdown('\n'.join(ntext))
+
+    return ''
diff --git a/pagure/ui/filters.py b/pagure/ui/filters.py
index e49e76f..703dc46 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/filters.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/filters.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import urlparse
 import arrow
 import bleach
 import flask
-import markdown
 
 from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.lexers.text import DiffLexer
@@ -215,20 +214,7 @@ def markdown_filter(text):
     """ Template filter converting a string into html content using the
     markdown library.
     """
-    if text:
-        # Hack to allow blockquotes to be marked by ~~~
-        ntext = []
-        indent = False
-        for line in text.split('\n'):
-            if line.startswith('~~~'):
-                indent = not indent
-                continue
-            if indent:
-                line = '    %s' % line
-            ntext.append(line)
-        return no_js(markdown.markdown('\n'.join(ntext)))
-
-    return ''
+    return no_js(pagure.lib.text2markdown(text))
 
 
 @APP.template_filter('html_diff')