diff --git a/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py b/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
index 87f579dc23d225cbb052ad35ef175bf691d330d5..76b135ff16f26ea23c74f5b2bcf1eb8ffe050251 100644
--- a/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
+++ b/SciPost_v1/settings/base.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'django.contrib.sites',
     'django_countries',
+    'django_docutils',
     'django_extensions',
     'django_mathjax',
     'ajax_select',
diff --git a/forums/models.py b/forums/models.py
index b109adcd5e1fe212c5d3e5485b35e8b4151b2a03..e5965eaf659d5c1b2b96acdddeabe61c2ecdb2a2 100644
--- a/forums/models.py
+++ b/forums/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright © Stichting SciPost (SciPost Foundation)"
 __license__ = "AGPL v3"
 
 
+from docutils.core import publish_parts, publish_string
+
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey, GenericRelation
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
diff --git a/forums/templates/forums/post_card.html b/forums/templates/forums/post_card.html
index 772719e1526dd1d4b731683852efefd460f88c69..32994b754f0a90e8c0f9b54a1acfc9bf2ae3f788 100644
--- a/forums/templates/forums/post_card.html
+++ b/forums/templates/forums/post_card.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{% load django_docutils %}
+
 <div class="card" id="post{{ post.id }}">
   <div class="card-header">
     {{ post.subject }}
@@ -10,9 +12,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   <div class="card-body">
-    <p class="card-text">
-      {{ post.text }}
-    </p>
+    {{ post.text|restructuredtext }}
   </div>
   <div class="card-footer">
     <a href="{% url 'forums:post_create' slug=forum.slug parent_model='post' parent_id=post.id %}">Reply to this post</a>
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df24bdb424318d6a94fc91123d8effc06c9fb7b9..1cf842d5c1fa33db9bf79b30a543ab3974611ad0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ django-maintenancemode-2==1.1.11
 
 # Documentation Packages
 docutils==0.14  # What's this thing? -> for docs!
+django-docutils=0.4.0
 Pygments==2.2.0  # Syntax highlighter
 Sphinx==1.4.9
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.9  # Sphinx theme