diff --git a/newsletters/default/index.js b/newsletters/default/index.js
index 2d4114a..7731c54 100644
--- a/newsletters/default/index.js
+++ b/newsletters/default/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var doT = require('dot');
 var md = require('markdown-it')({
   typographer: true
 });
+md.use(require('markdown-it-header-sections'));
 
 /* ==== NEWSLETTER ========================================================== */
 // our custom build step
diff --git a/newsletters/default/package.json b/newsletters/default/package.json
index 53dce8e..72c8c13 100644
--- a/newsletters/default/package.json
+++ b/newsletters/default/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
     "dot": "^1.0.3",
-    "markdown-it": "^5.0.2"
+    "markdown-it": "^5.0.2",
+    "markdown-it-header-sections": "^0.2.2"
   }
 }