diff --git a/lib/markdown.awk b/lib/markdown.awk
index 7fab0bb..3571904 100755
--- a/lib/markdown.awk
+++ b/lib/markdown.awk
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ function replaceInline(line,   result, start, end) {
         # Build the result: before match, <em>, content, </em>, after match
         line = substr(line, 1, start-1) "<em>" substr(line, start+1, RLENGTH-2) "</em>" substr(line, end+1)
     }
+    # Replace occurrences of `...` with <code>...</code>
+    while (match(line, /`([^`]+)`/)) {
+      
+        start = RSTART
+        end = RSTART + RLENGTH - 1
+        # Build the result: before match, <em>, content, </em>, after match
+        line = substr(line, 1, start-1) "<code>" substr(line, start+1, RLENGTH-2) "</code>" substr(line, end+1)
+    }
   
     # Replace occurances of [link](url) with <a href="url">link</<a>
     while (match(line, /\[([^\]]+)\]\([^\)]+\)/)) {