diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4ea0eb37d..b2c9fc07d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ name = "blog"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono 0.4.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "comrak 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "comrak 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fs_extra 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "handlebars 3.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "comrak"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4785bdd1c96b2a846b2bd7cc02e86b6b3dbf14e7e53446c4f54c92a361040822"
 "checksum chrono 0.4.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c74d84029116787153e02106bf53e66828452a4b325cc8652b788b5967c0a0b6"
 "checksum clap 2.33.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5067f5bb2d80ef5d68b4c87db81601f0b75bca627bc2ef76b141d7b846a3c6d9"
-"checksum comrak 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e17058cc536cf290563e88787d7b9e6030ce4742943017cc2ffb71f88034021c"
+"checksum comrak 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b818732a109eeabbe99fee28030ff8ecbd606889fcd25509ed933e6c69b7aa69"
 "checksum digest 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f3d0c8c8752312f9713efd397ff63acb9f85585afbf179282e720e7704954dd5"
 "checksum dtoa 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4358a9e11b9a09cf52383b451b49a169e8d797b68aa02301ff586d70d9661ea3"
 "checksum entities 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b5320ae4c3782150d900b79807611a59a99fc9a1d61d686faafc24b93fc8d7ca"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 736dd401b..7c01e45fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-comrak = "0.7"
+comrak = "0.8"
 fs_extra = "1.1.0"
 regex = "1.3"
 sass-rs = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c0d271aff..51f89292b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 mod blogs;
 mod posts;
 
-use chrono::Timelike;
 use crate::blogs::Blog;
 use crate::posts::Post;
+use chrono::Timelike;
 use handlebars::{handlebars_helper, Handlebars};
 use sass_rs::{compile_file, Options};
 use serde_derive::Serialize;
diff --git a/src/posts.rs b/src/posts.rs
index e38982f2c..d8770f5ab 100644
--- a/src/posts.rs
+++ b/src/posts.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::blogs::Manifest;
-use comrak::ComrakOptions;
+use comrak::{ComrakExtensionOptions, ComrakOptions, ComrakRenderOptions};
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -64,8 +64,14 @@ impl Post {
         } = serde_yaml::from_str(yaml)?;
         // next, the contents. we add + to get rid of the final "---\n\n"
         let options = ComrakOptions {
-            ext_header_ids: Some(String::new()),
-            unsafe_: true, // Allow rendering of raw HTML
+            render: ComrakRenderOptions {
+                unsafe_: true, // Allow rendering of raw HTML
+                ..ComrakRenderOptions::default()
+            },
+            extension: ComrakExtensionOptions {
+                header_ids: Some(String::new()),
+                ..ComrakExtensionOptions::default()
+            },
             ..ComrakOptions::default()
         };