diff --git a/src/themes/scss/theme/components/_markup.scss b/src/themes/scss/theme/components/_markup.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91008a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/themes/scss/theme/components/_markup.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@use '@lucas-labs/lui-micro/color' as color;
+@use '@lucas-labs/lui-micro/var' as var;
+
+@mixin markup {
+    .markup {
+        .task-list-item input[type=checkbox] {
+            margin: 0 .5em .25em -1.4em;
+        }
+
+        input[type=checkbox] {
+            --border-radius: #{var.get('measure/.25x')};
+            width: var.get('measure/1x');
+            height: var.get('measure/1x');
+            margin-right: 4px;
+            --color-input-background: #{color.get('elevation/5')};
+            
+            &:checked {
+                background-color: var(--color-primary);
+            }
+
+            &:after {
+                --color-text: var(--color-primary-contrast);
+            }
+
+            &:not([disabled]):hover, &:not([disabled]):active {
+                border-color: var(--color-secondary);
+                background-color: color.get('elevation/6');
+
+                &:checked {
+                    background-color: var(--color-primary-hover);
+                }
+            }
+        }        
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/themes/scss/theme/components/index.scss b/src/themes/scss/theme/components/index.scss
index 6e9c470..6d1ee3a 100644
--- a/src/themes/scss/theme/components/index.scss
+++ b/src/themes/scss/theme/components/index.scss
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 @forward './file-content';
 @forward './avatar';
 @forward './button';
-@forward './boxes';
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+@forward './boxes';
+@forward './markup';
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diff --git a/src/themes/scss/theme/index.scss b/src/themes/scss/theme/index.scss
index dca2314..de82a20 100644
--- a/src/themes/scss/theme/index.scss
+++ b/src/themes/scss/theme/index.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     @include components.gitea-button;   // github-style buttons
     @include components.segment;
     @include components.comments;       // github-style comment boxes
+    @include components.markup;         // styling rendered for markdown content
 
     // code highlighting
     @include modules.chroma($is-dark);  // syntax highlighting