diff --git a/bin/contrib/discount.rc b/bin/contrib/discount.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87af260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/contrib/discount.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/rc
+# requires discount markdown: https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/
+markdown -f fencedcode -f ext $1
+
diff --git a/etc/initrc b/etc/initrc
index f0b26c2..f38f09a 100755
--- a/etc/initrc
+++ b/etc/initrc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ path=($plan9port/bin . ./bin ./bin/contrib /bin /usr/bin)
 # formatter, but all major functionality should should be formatter agnostic.
 #formatter=(fltr_cache markdown.pl)
 formatter=(fltr_cache md2html.awk)	# no perl for old men
+# formatter=(fltr_cache discount.rc) # use C for ze modern comforts. Requires https://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/
 
 # Enable debugging, to disable set to ()
 debug=true