diff --git a/postrender.go b/postrender.go
index 9c10063..13bf02e 100644
--- a/postrender.go
+++ b/postrender.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 package writefreely
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"html"
@@ -181,6 +182,10 @@ func applyMarkdownSpecial(data []byte, skipNoFollow bool, baseURL string, cfg *c
 }
 
 func applyBasicMarkdown(data []byte) string {
+	if len(bytes.TrimSpace(data)) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
 	mdExtensions := 0 |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_STRIKETHROUGH |
 		blackfriday.EXTENSION_SPACE_HEADERS |
@@ -191,7 +196,12 @@ func applyBasicMarkdown(data []byte) string {
 		blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_DASHES
 
 	// Generate Markdown
-	md := blackfriday.Markdown([]byte(data), blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(htmlFlags, "", ""), mdExtensions)
+	// This passes the supplied title into blackfriday.Markdown() as an H1 header, so we only render HTML that
+	// belongs in an H1.
+	md := blackfriday.Markdown(append([]byte("# "), data...), blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(htmlFlags, "", ""), mdExtensions)
+	// Remove H1 markup
+	md = bytes.TrimSpace(md) // blackfriday.Markdown adds a newline at the end of the <h1>
+	md = md[len("<h1>") : len(md)-len("</h1>")]
 	// Strip out bad HTML
 	policy := bluemonday.UGCPolicy()
 	policy.AllowAttrs("class", "id").Globally()
diff --git a/postrender_test.go b/postrender_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..531c0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postrender_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2021 A Bunch Tell LLC.
+ *
+ * This file is part of WriteFreely.
+ *
+ * WriteFreely is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, included
+ * in the LICENSE file in this source code package.
+ */
+
+package writefreely
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestApplyBasicMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		in     string
+		result string
+	}{
+		{"empty", "", ""},
+		{"empty spaces", "  ", ""},
+		{"empty tabs", "\t", ""},
+		{"empty newline", "\n", ""},
+		{"nums", "123", "123"},
+		{"dot", ".", "."},
+		{"dash", "-", "-"},
+		{"plain", "Hello, World!", "Hello, World!"},
+		{"multibyte", "こんにちは", `こんにちは`},
+		{"bold", "**안녕하세요**", `<strong>안녕하세요</strong>`},
+		{"link", "[WriteFreely](https://writefreely.org)", `<a href="https://writefreely.org" rel="nofollow">WriteFreely</a>`},
+		{"date", "12. April", `12. April`},
+		{"table", "| Hi | There |", `| Hi | There |`},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := applyBasicMarkdown([]byte(test.in))
+			if res != test.result {
+				t.Errorf("%s: wanted %s, got %s", test.name, test.result, res)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}