diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 77639f30..6dbeadfc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0
 	github.com/avelino/slugify v0.0.0-20180501145920-855f152bd774
-	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20211212230626-5af6ad2f47df
-	github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.6.0
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20211104180415-d3ed0bb246c8
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b9deab97..df7d0ed4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvq
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 h1:+Z5KGCizgyZCbGh1KZqA0fcLLkwbsjIzS4aV2v7wJX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
-github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20211212230626-5af6ad2f47df h1:M7mdNDTRraBcrHZg2aOYiFP9yTDajb6fquRZRpXnbVA=
-github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20211212230626-5af6ad2f47df/go.mod h1:JDGcbDT52eL4fju3sZ4TeHGsQwhG9nbDV21aMyhwPoA=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
@@ -114,13 +112,13 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.0.0-20190812154241-14fe0d1b01d4/go.mod h1:xMI15A0UPsDsEKsMN9yxemIoYk6Tm2C1GtYGdfGttqA=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.6.0 h1:KqfZb0pUVN2lYqZUYRddxF4OR8ZMURnJIG5Y3VRLtww=
-github.com/russross/blackfriday v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ti0ldHuxg49ri4ksnFxlkCfN+hvslNlmVHqNRXXJNAY=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.25/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.32/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13 h1:fVcFKWvrslecOb/tg+Cc05dkeYx540o0FuFt3nUVDoE=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
 go.opencensus.io v0.21.0/go.mod h1:mSImk1erAIZhrmZN+AvHh14ztQfjbGwt4TtuofqLduU=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.0/go.mod h1:+kGneAE2xo2IficOXnaByMWTGM9T73dGwxeWcUqIpI8=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.2/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
diff --git a/make_site.go b/make_site.go
index bb2b098d..e1a35448 100644
--- a/make_site.go
+++ b/make_site.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
-	"github.com/avelino/slugify"
+	"github.com/avelino/awesome-go/pkg/slug"
 )
 
 type Link struct {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func makeObjById(selector string, s *goquery.Selection) (obj Object) {
 			links = append(links, link)
 		})
 		obj = Object{
-			Slug:        slugify.Slugify(s.Text()),
+			Slug:        slug.Generate(s.Text()),
 			Title:       s.Text(),
 			Description: desc.Text(),
 			Items:       links,
diff --git a/pkg/markdown/convert.go b/pkg/markdown/convert.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7459a54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/markdown/convert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package markdown
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/avelino/awesome-go/pkg/slug"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/extension"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/parser"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/renderer/html"
+	"github.com/yuin/goldmark/util"
+)
+
+func ConvertMarkdownToHTML(markdown []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	md := goldmark.New(
+		goldmark.WithExtensions(extension.GFM),
+		goldmark.WithParserOptions(
+			parser.WithAutoHeadingID(), // generate heading IDs for content navigation
+		),
+		goldmark.WithRendererOptions(
+			html.WithXHTML(),
+			html.WithUnsafe(), // allow inline HTML
+		),
+	)
+
+	ctx := parser.NewContext(
+		parser.WithIDs(&IDGenerator{}), // register custom ID generator
+	)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := md.Convert(markdown, &buf, parser.WithContext(ctx)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+type IDGenerator struct {
+	used map[string]bool
+}
+
+func (g *IDGenerator) Generate(value []byte, _ ast.NodeKind) []byte {
+	return []byte(slug.Generate(string(value)))
+}
+
+func (g *IDGenerator) Put(value []byte) {
+	g.used[util.BytesToReadOnlyString(value)] = true
+}
diff --git a/pkg/slug/generator.go b/pkg/slug/generator.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bad979c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/slug/generator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package slug
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/avelino/slugify"
+)
+
+func Generate(text string) string {
+	// remove slashes to create slugs similar to GitHub's slugs on markdown parsing
+	s := strings.ReplaceAll(text, "/", "")
+	return slugify.Slugify(strings.TrimSpace(s))
+}
diff --git a/scripts.go b/scripts.go
index 3f93cbad..b89c5a0f 100644
--- a/scripts.go
+++ b/scripts.go
@@ -2,25 +2,24 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
-	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
-	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/parser"
-	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
+	"github.com/avelino/awesome-go/pkg/markdown"
 )
 
 func readme() []byte {
-	input, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./README.md")
+	input, err := os.ReadFile("./README.md")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	html := fmt.Sprintf("<body>%s</body>", blackfriday.MarkdownCommon(input))
-	htmlByteArray := []byte(html)
-	return htmlByteArray
+	html, err := markdown.ConvertMarkdownToHTML(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return html
 }
 
 func startQuery() *goquery.Document {
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func startQuery() *goquery.Document {
 }
 
 type content struct {
-	Body string
+	Body template.HTML
 }
 
 // GenerateHTML generate site html (index.html) from markdown file
@@ -43,11 +42,8 @@ func GenerateHTML() (err error) {
 	tplPath := "tmpl/tmpl.html"
 	idxPath := "tmpl/index.html"
 	input, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(readmePath)
-	extensions := parser.CommonExtensions | parser.AutoHeadingIDs | parser.LaxHTMLBlocks
-	parser := parser.NewWithExtensions(extensions)
-
-	body := string(markdown.ToHTML(input, parser, nil))
-	c := &content{Body: body}
+	body, _ := markdown.ConvertMarkdownToHTML(input)
+	c := &content{Body: template.HTML(body)}
 	t := template.Must(template.ParseFiles(tplPath))
 	f, err := os.Create(idxPath)
 	t.Execute(f, c)