diff --git a/lib/markdown.awk b/lib/markdown.awk
index e66a068..ac66d06 100755
--- a/lib/markdown.awk
+++ b/lib/markdown.awk
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ function replaceInline(line,   result, start, end) {
         line = substr(line, 1, start-1) "<a href=\"" matched_url "\">" matched_link "</a>" substr(line, end+1)
     }
 
+    # Replace occurences of `...` with <code>...</code>
+    while (match(line, /`(.+)`/)) {
+        start = RSTART
+        end = RSTART + RLENGTH - 1
+        line = substr(line, 1, start-1) "<code>" substr(line, start+1, RLENGTH-2) "</code>" substr(line, end+1)
+    }
+
     return line
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +142,7 @@ function closeOne() {
 
 
 # Matching a simple paragraph
-!/^(#|\*|-|\+|>|`|$|\t|    )/ {
+!/^(#|\*|-|\+|>|$|\t|    )/ {
     env = last() 
     if (env == "none") {
         # If no block, print a paragraph
diff --git a/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh b/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
index 18873a7..c4d6430 100755
--- a/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
+++ b/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ declare -a tests=(
   "A link to [wikipedia](https://www.wikipedia.org)"
   "<p>A link to <a href=\"https://www.wikipedia.org\">wikipedia</a></p>"
 
+  "Inline code"
+  $'`a code block`'
+  "<p><code>a code block</code></p>"
+
 
   # You can add more test cases following the same format...
 )