diff --git a/browser/lib/markdown-it-sanitize-html.js b/browser/lib/markdown-it-sanitize-html.js
index 05e5e7be..bd3d452e 100644
--- a/browser/lib/markdown-it-sanitize-html.js
+++ b/browser/lib/markdown-it-sanitize-html.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html'
 import { escapeHtmlCharacters } from './utils'
+import url from 'url'
 
 module.exports = function sanitizePlugin (md, options) {
   options = options || {}
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = function sanitizePlugin (md, options) {
         const inlineTokens = state.tokens[tokenIdx].children
         for (let childIdx = 0; childIdx < inlineTokens.length; childIdx++) {
           if (inlineTokens[childIdx].type === 'html_inline') {
-            inlineTokens[childIdx].content = sanitizeHtml(
+            inlineTokens[childIdx].content = sanitizeInline(
               inlineTokens[childIdx].content,
               options
             )
@@ -35,3 +36,89 @@ module.exports = function sanitizePlugin (md, options) {
     }
   })
 }
+
+const tagRegex = /<([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\s*((?:\s*[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(?:=("|')(?:[^\3]+?)\3)?)*)\s*\/?>|<\/([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\s*>/i
+const attributesRegex = /([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)(?:=("|')([^\2]+?)\2)?/ig
+
+function sanitizeInline (html, options) {
+  let match = tagRegex.exec(html)
+  if (!match) {
+    return ''
+  }
+
+  const { allowedTags, allowedAttributes, selfClosing, allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes } = options
+
+  if (match[1] !== undefined) {
+    // opening tag
+    const tag = match[1].toLowerCase()
+    if (allowedTags.indexOf(tag) === -1) {
+      return ''
+    }
+
+    const attributes = match[2]
+
+    let attrs = ''
+    let name
+    let value
+
+    while ((match = attributesRegex.exec(attributes))) {
+      name = match[1].toLowerCase()
+      value = match[3]
+
+      if (allowedAttributes['*'].indexOf(name) !== -1 || (allowedAttributes[tag] && allowedAttributes[tag].indexOf(name) !== -1)) {
+        if (allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes.indexOf(name) !== -1) {
+          if (naughtyHRef(value, options) || (tag === 'iframe' && name === 'src' && naughtyIFrame(value, options))) {
+            continue
+          }
+        }
+
+        attrs += ` ${name}`
+        if (match[2]) {
+          attrs += `="${value}"`
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (selfClosing.indexOf(tag) === -1) {
+      return '<' + tag + attrs + '>'
+    } else {
+      return '<' + tag + attrs + ' />'
+    }
+  } else {
+    // closing tag
+    if (allowedTags.indexOf(match[4].toLowerCase()) !== -1) {
+      return html
+    } else {
+      return ''
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function naughtyHRef (href, options) {
+  // href = href.replace(/[\x00-\x20]+/g, '')
+  href = href.replace(/<\!\-\-.*?\-\-\>/g, '')
+
+  const matches = href.match(/^([a-zA-Z]+)\:/)
+  if (!matches) {
+    if (href.match(/^[\/\\]{2}/)) {
+      return !options.allowProtocolRelative
+    }
+
+    // No scheme
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const scheme = matches[1].toLowerCase()
+
+  return options.allowedSchemes.indexOf(scheme) === -1
+}
+
+function naughtyIFrame (src, options) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = url.parse(src, false, true)
+
+    return options.allowedIframeHostnames.index(parsed.hostname) === -1
+  } catch (e) {
+    return true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/browser/lib/markdown.js b/browser/lib/markdown.js
index 49260740..7fbb5a38 100644
--- a/browser/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/browser/lib/markdown.js
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ class Markdown {
           'iframe': ['src', 'width', 'height', 'frameborder', 'allowfullscreen'],
           'input': ['type', 'id', 'checked']
         },
-        allowedIframeHostnames: ['www.youtube.com']
+        allowedIframeHostnames: ['www.youtube.com'],
+        selfClosing: [ 'img', 'br', 'hr', 'input' ],
+        allowedSchemes: [ 'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto' ],
+        allowedSchemesAppliedToAttributes: [ 'href', 'src', 'cite' ],
+        allowProtocolRelative: true
       })
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/markdowns.js b/tests/fixtures/markdowns.js
index 69e335e0..312e6c18 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/markdowns.js
+++ b/tests/fixtures/markdowns.js
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ const smartQuotes = 'This is a "QUOTE".'
 
 const breaks = 'This is the first line.\nThis is the second line.'
 
+const shortcuts = '<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>\n\n[[Ctrl]]'
+
 export default {
   basic,
   codeblock,
   katex,
   checkboxes,
   smartQuotes,
-  breaks
+  breaks,
+  shortcuts
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib/markdown-test.js b/tests/lib/markdown-test.js
index 73b68799..0e330a65 100644
--- a/tests/lib/markdown-test.js
+++ b/tests/lib/markdown-test.js
@@ -43,3 +43,8 @@ test('Markdown.render() should render line breaks correctly', t => {
   const renderedNonBreaks = newmd.render(markdownFixtures.breaks)
   t.snapshot(renderedNonBreaks)
 })
+
+test('Markdown.render() should render shortcuts correctly', t => {
+  const rendered = md.render(markdownFixtures.shortcuts)
+  t.snapshot(rendered)
+})
diff --git a/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.md b/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.md
index b7251b8d..df5bad53 100644
--- a/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.md
+++ b/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.md
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://ava.li).
     This is the second line.</p>␊
     `
 
+## Markdown.render() should render shortcuts correctly
+
+> Snapshot 1
+
+    `<p data-line="0"><kbd>Ctrl</kbd></p>␊
+    <p data-line="2"><kbd>Ctrl</kbd></p>␊
+    `
+
 ## Markdown.render() should renders KaTeX correctly
 
 > Snapshot 1
diff --git a/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.snap b/tests/lib/snapshots/markdown-test.js.snap
index 9254709e..5b8d1095 100644
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