diff --git a/resources/markdown.ascii b/resources/markdown.ascii
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..365e7a13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/markdown.ascii
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
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+{0}  ###    {1}########.########
+{0}  ###    {1}#################
+{0}  ###    {1}`###############'
+{0}  ###    {1} `#############'
+{0}  ###    {1}   `#########'
+{0}  ###    {1}     `#####'
+{0}#######	{1}        `#'
+{0}			  
+{0}####     ####     ###
+{0}#####   #####     ###
+{0}######.######     ###
+{0}### ##### ###     ###
+{0}###  ###  ###   #######
+{0}###   #   ###    #####
+{0}###       ###     ###
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/language.rs b/src/language.rs
index ce298719f..5bd129b58 100644
--- a/src/language.rs
+++ b/src/language.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pub enum Language {
     Kotlin,
     Lisp,
     Lua,
+    Markdown,
     Nim,
     ObjectiveC,
     Perl,
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Language {
             Language::Kotlin => write!(f, "Kotlin"),
             Language::Lisp => write!(f, "Lisp"),
             Language::Lua => write!(f, "Lua"),
+            Language::Markdown => write!(f, "Markdown"),
             Language::Nim => write!(f, "Nim"),
             Language::ObjectiveC => write!(f, "Objective-C"),
             Language::PureScript => write!(f, "PureScript"),
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ impl From<tokei::LanguageType> for Language {
             tokei::LanguageType::Kotlin => Language::Kotlin,
             tokei::LanguageType::Lisp => Language::Lisp,
             tokei::LanguageType::Lua => Language::Lua,
+            tokei::LanguageType::Markdown => Language::Markdown,
             tokei::LanguageType::Nim => Language::Nim,
             tokei::LanguageType::ObjectiveC => Language::ObjectiveC,
             tokei::LanguageType::Prolog => Language::Prolog,
@@ -190,6 +193,7 @@ impl Language {
             Language::Kotlin => include_str!("../resources/kotlin.ascii"),
             Language::Lisp => include_str!("../resources/lisp.ascii"),
             Language::Lua => include_str!("../resources/lua.ascii"),
+            Language::Markdown => include_str!("../resources/markdown.ascii"),
             Language::Nim => include_str!("../resources/nim.ascii"),
             Language::ObjectiveC => include_str!("../resources/objectivec.ascii"),
             Language::Perl => include_str!("../resources/perl.ascii"),
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ impl Language {
             Language::Kotlin => vec![Color::Blue, Color::Yellow, Color::Magenta],
             Language::Lisp => vec![Color::Yellow],
             Language::Lua => vec![Color::Blue],
+            Language::Markdown => vec![Color::BrightWhite, Color::BrightRed],
             Language::Nim => vec![Color::Yellow, Color::BrightWhite],
             Language::ObjectiveC => vec![Color::BrightBlue, Color::Blue],
             Language::Perl => vec![Color::BrightBlue],