diff --git a/lib/markdown.awk b/lib/markdown.awk
index e66a068..c6802c6 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)
     }
 
+    while (match(line, /`([^*]+)`/)) {
+        start = RSTART
+        end = RSTART + RLENGTH - 1
+        # Build the result: before match, <code>, content, </code>, after match
+        line = substr(line, 1, start-1) "<code>" substr(line, start+1, RLENGTH-2) "</code>" substr(line, end+1)
+    }
+
     return line
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh b/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
index 9b9a292..abb2623 100755
--- a/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
+++ b/test/parser/test_md_parser.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ 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 tiny variable `x`'
+  "<p>A tiny variable <code>x</code></p>"
   # You can add more test cases following the same format...
 )