diff --git a/config/settings/common.py b/config/settings/common.py
index c660fe9..6488eae 100644
--- a/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/config/settings/common.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
     'allauth.socialaccount',  # registration
     'stdimage',
     'rest_framework',
-    'markdownx',
+    'draceditor',
 )
 
 # Apps specific for this project go here.
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index 01c0cf5..e242ef0 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     url(r'^api/v1/', include(router.urls, namespace='v1')),
     url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework')),
-    url(r'^markdownx/', include('markdownx.urls')),
+    url(r'^draceditor/', include('draceditor.urls')),
     url(r'^blog/$', blog, name='contact'),
     url(r'^blog/rss/$', BlogFeed()),
     url(r'^blog/(?P<slug>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/$', blog, name='blog-item'),
diff --git a/mhackspace/blog/admin.py b/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
index cbab459..1e955f7 100644
--- a/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
+++ b/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin
-from markdownx.widgets import AdminMarkdownxWidget
 
 from mhackspace.blog.models import Post, Category
 
@@ -14,9 +13,6 @@ class PostAdmin(ModelAdmin):
     readonly_fields = ('published_date',)
     filter_horizontal = ('categories',)
     prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
-    formfield_overrides = {
-        models.TextField: {'widget': AdminMarkdownxWidget},
-    }
 
 @admin.register(Category)
 class CategoryAdmin(ModelAdmin):
diff --git a/mhackspace/blog/models.py b/mhackspace/blog/models.py
index b02b2a9..ee2e0fe 100644
--- a/mhackspace/blog/models.py
+++ b/mhackspace/blog/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.urls import reverse
+from draceditor.models import DraceditorField
 
 from mhackspace.users.models import User
 from stdimage.models import StdImageField
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class Post(models.Model):
                 "height": 220,
                 "crop": True}})
 
-    description = models.TextField()
+    description = DraceditorField()
     published_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
     updated_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
     active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 5d5c461..b61eacc 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ git+https://github.com/olymk2/scaffold.git
 djangorestframework==3.5.4
 django-filter==1.0.1
 
-django-markdownx
+draceditor