diff --git a/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts b/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
index 4c227dfd..65b00eba 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/fenced_code.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function fencedCodePlugin(client: Client) {
             return;
           }
           const text = state.sliceDoc(from, to);
-          const [_, lang] = text.match(/^(?:```+|~~~+)(\w+)?/)!;
+          const [_, lang] = text.match(/^(?:```+|~~~+)(\S+)?/)!;
           const renderMode = widgetRenderMode(client);
 
           const luaWidgetDef = lang
diff --git a/client/codemirror/inline_content.ts b/client/codemirror/inline_content.ts
index a51d5e68..1c61b8e0 100644
--- a/client/codemirror/inline_content.ts
+++ b/client/codemirror/inline_content.ts
@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@ import {
   expandMarkdown,
   readTransclusionContent,
 } from "../markdown_renderer/inline.ts";
+import { renderMarkdownToHtml } from "../markdown_renderer/markdown_render.ts";
 import {
   isLocalURL,
   resolveMarkdownLink,
 } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/resolve";
-import { parseMarkdown } from "../markdown_parser/parser.ts";
+import { buildExtendedMarkdownLanguage } from "../markdown_parser/parser.ts";
+import { parse } from "../markdown_parser/parse_tree.ts";
 import { renderToText } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/tree";
 import {
   nameFromTransclusion,
   parseTransclusion,
 } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/transclusion";
 import { parseToRef } from "@silverbulletmd/silverbullet/lib/ref";
+import { buildTranslateUrls } from "./widget_util.ts";
 
 export function inlineContentPlugin(client: Client) {
   return decoratorStateField((state: EditorState) => {
@@ -97,21 +100,32 @@ export function inlineContentPlugin(client: Client) {
                       client.space,
                       transclusion,
                     );
+                    const syntaxExtensions = client.config.get(
+                      "syntaxExtensions",
+                      {},
+                    );
+                    const mdLang =
+                      buildExtendedMarkdownLanguage(syntaxExtensions);
+                    const expandedTree = await expandMarkdown(
+                      client.space,
+                      nameFromTransclusion(transclusion),
+                      parse(mdLang, result.text, result.offset),
+                      client.clientSystem.spaceLuaEnv,
+                      { syntaxExtensions },
+                    );
                     content = {
-                      markdown: renderToText(
-                        await expandMarkdown(
-                          client.space,
-                          nameFromTransclusion(transclusion),
-                          parseMarkdown(result.text, result.offset),
-                          client.clientSystem.spaceLuaEnv,
-                          {
-                            syntaxExtensions: client.config.get(
-                              "syntaxExtensions",
-                              {},
-                            ),
-                          },
-                        ),
+                      html: renderMarkdownToHtml(
+                        expandedTree,
+                        {
+                          shortWikiLinks: client.config.get(
+                            "shortWikiLinks",
+                            true,
+                          ),
+                          translateUrls: buildTranslateUrls(client),
+                        },
+                        client.ui.viewState.allPages,
                       ),
+                      markdown: renderToText(expandedTree),
                     };
                   } catch {
                     const element = createMediaElement(transclusion);
diff --git a/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.test.ts b/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.test.ts
index f0d7c320..e1feb503 100644
--- a/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.test.ts
+++ b/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,29 @@ test("RawHtml with array body passes strings through unescaped", () => {
   ).toEqual("<b>bold</b><i>normal</i>");
 });
 
+test("Void elements have no closing tag", () => {
+  expect(
+    renderHtml({
+      name: "img",
+      attrs: { src: "test.png", alt: "" },
+      body: "",
+    }),
+  ).toEqual('<img src="test.png" alt="">');
+  expect(
+    renderHtml({
+      name: "IMG",
+      attrs: { src: "test.png" },
+      body: "",
+    }),
+  ).toEqual('<IMG src="test.png">');
+  expect(
+    renderHtml({
+      name: "br",
+      body: "",
+    }),
+  ).toEqual("<br>");
+});
+
 test("Fragment renders children without wrapper", () => {
   expect(
     renderHtml({
diff --git a/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.ts b/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.ts
index 34261803..be0a5fa5 100644
--- a/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.ts
+++ b/client/markdown_renderer/html_render.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 export const Fragment = "FRAGMENT";
 export const RawHtml = "RAW_HTML";
 
+const VOID_ELEMENTS = new Set([
+  "area",
+  "base",
+  "br",
+  "col",
+  "embed",
+  "hr",
+  "img",
+  "input",
+  "link",
+  "meta",
+  "param",
+  "source",
+  "track",
+  "wbr",
+]);
+
 export type Tag =
   | {
       name: string;
@@ -57,5 +74,8 @@ export function renderHtml(t: Tag | null): string {
       .map((c) => (typeof c === "string" ? c : renderHtml(c)))
       .join("");
   }
+  if (VOID_ELEMENTS.has(t.name.toLowerCase())) {
+    return `<${t.name}${attrs}>`;
+  }
   return `<${t.name}${attrs}>${body}</${t.name}>`;
 }