diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ba05446..c164970 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctrlc",
  "genemichaels",
  "libloading",
+ "markdown",
  "owo-colors",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5aead06..6dcdd56 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.65"
 clap = { version = "4.0.29", features = ["derive"] }
 ctrlc = "3.2.5"
 genemichaels = "0.1.21"
+markdown = { version = "=1.0.0-alpha.14" } # pinning the version to ensure genemichaels builds.
 libloading = "0.8.0"
 owo-colors = "3.5.0"
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0.48", features = ["span-locations"] }