diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index aeed274..46c80ac 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
 
 <div class="footer">Creative AI-imbued UI • stackchain-dashboard</div>
 
+<script src="/static/markdown.js"></script>
 <script>
 (function(){
   const qs = (s, el=document) => el.querySelector(s);
@@ -327,14 +328,7 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
   qs('#md-input').addEventListener('input', renderMD);
   function renderMD() {
     const raw = qs('#md-input').value || '';
-    const html = raw.replace(/^#{1,6}\s.*$/gm, (m)=>{ const lvl=m.match(/^(#{1,6})/)[1].length; return '<h'+lvl+'>'+m.replace(/^#{1,6}\s/,'')+'</h'+lvl+'>'; })
-      .replace(/\*\*(.+?)\*\*/g,'<strong>$1</strong>')
-      .replace(/\*(.+?)\*/g,'<em>$1</em>')
-      .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g,'<code>$1</code>')
-      .replace(/^\-\s?(.+)$/gm,'<li>$1</li>')
-      .replace(/(<li>.*<\/li>)/s,'<ul>$1</ul>')
-      .replace(/\n/g,'<br>');
-    qs('#md-preview').innerHTML = '<pre>' + escapeHtml(raw) + '</pre><div style="margin-top:8px;">' + html + '</div>';
+    qs('#md-preview').innerHTML = '<pre>' + escapeHtml(raw) + '</pre><div style="margin-top:8px;">' + renderMarkdown(raw) + '</div>';
   }
 
   /* Commands */
diff --git a/frontend/markdown.js b/frontend/markdown.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2e99ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/markdown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+(function (root, factory) {
+  const renderMarkdown = factory();
+  if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) module.exports = renderMarkdown;
+  root.renderMarkdown = renderMarkdown;
+})(typeof globalThis !== 'undefined' ? globalThis : this, function () {
+  function escapeHtml(value) {
+    return String(value || '').replace(/[&<>"']/g, (character) => ({
+      '&': '&amp;',
+      '<': '&lt;',
+      '>': '&gt;',
+      '"': '&quot;',
+      "'": '&#39;',
+    })[character]);
+  }
+
+  return function renderMarkdown(raw) {
+    return escapeHtml(raw)
+      .replace(/^#{1,6}\s.*$/gm, (line) => {
+        const level = line.match(/^(#{1,6})/)[1].length;
+        return '<h' + level + '>' + line.replace(/^#{1,6}\s/, '') + '</h' + level + '>';
+      })
+      .replace(/\*\*(.+?)\*\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>')
+      .replace(/\*(.+?)\*/g, '<em>$1</em>')
+      .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, '<code>$1</code>')
+      .replace(/^-\s?(.+)$/gm, '<li>$1</li>')
+      .replace(/(<li>.*<\/li>)/s, '<ul>$1</ul>')
+      .replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+  };
+});
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index e53208e..8dce7d3 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import math
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from src.views import router as frontend_router
 
 app = FastAPI(title="Stackchain Dashboard")
 CONTEXT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5.0
+FRONTEND_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "frontend"
 
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=FRONTEND_DIR), name="static")
 app.include_router(frontend_router)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_markdown_renderer.py b/tests/test_markdown_renderer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03b9314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_markdown_renderer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import json
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+RENDERER = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "frontend" / "markdown.js"
+
+
+def test_markdown_renderer_escapes_raw_html_before_rendering_heading():
+    payload = "# <img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
+    script = (
+        f"const render = require({json.dumps(str(RENDERER))});"
+        f"process.stdout.write(render({json.dumps(payload)}));"
+    )
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["node", "-e", script],
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+
+    assert result.stdout == (
+        "<h1>&lt;img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)&gt;</h1>"
+    )