diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012, Arash Rouhani
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Arash Rouhani nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/Yesod/Text/Markdown.hs b/Yesod/Text/Markdown.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE QuasiQuotes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+module Yesod.Text.Markdown where
+
+import Yesod.Core (RenderMessage)
+import Text.Hamlet (hamlet)
+import Yesod.Form
+import Yesod.Widget (toWidget)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Lazy (toStrict, fromStrict)
+import Text.Markdown (Markdown (Markdown))
+import Database.Persist ()
+import Database.Persist.Store
+
+instance PersistField Markdown where
+  toPersistValue (Markdown t) = PersistText $ toStrict t
+  fromPersistValue (PersistText t) = Right $ Markdown $ fromStrict t
+  fromPersistValue _ = Left "Not a PersistText value"
+  sqlType _ = SqlString
+  isNullable _ = False
+
+instance ToField Markdown master where
+    toField = areq markdownField
+
+instance ToField (Maybe Markdown) master where
+    toField = aopt markdownField
+
+markdownField :: RenderMessage master FormMessage => Field sub master Markdown
+markdownField = Field
+    { fieldParse = parseHelper $ Right . Markdown . fromStrict
+    , fieldView = \theId name attrs val _isReq -> toWidget
+        [hamlet|$newline never
+<textarea id="#{theId}" name="#{name}" *{attrs}>#{either id extractStrict val}
+|]
+     }
+     where
+        extractStrict :: Markdown -> Text
+        extractStrict (Markdown lt) = toStrict lt
+
diff --git a/yesod-text-markdown.cabal b/yesod-text-markdown.cabal
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+name:                yesod-text-markdown
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Yesod support for Text.Markdown.
+description:         The contents of this package is t
+                     use Text.Markdown in a typical yesod project, that is,
+                     this module also contains instances related to
+                     persistence, even though it isn't tightly coupled to
+                     yesod.
+                     .
+                     This package is different from the yesod-markdown package
+                     which uses the pandoc renderer for markdown. The main
+                     advantages of having Text.Markdown as underlying renderer
+                     is the much smaller dependencies and the permissiver
+                     license.  See
+                     <https://github.com/pbrisbin/yesod-markdown> and
+                     <https://github.com/snoyberg/markdown>.
+                     .
+                     This package intentionally tries to be like
+                     yesod-markdown, so switching between the markdown backends
+                     should be easy.
+                     .
+                     If you wonder why the haddocks only show a few exports,
+                     it's because it doesn't show exporting of instances which
+                     is most of what this package is about.
+
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/Tarrasch/yesod-text-markdown/issues
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Arash Rouhani
+maintainer:          miffoljud@gmail.com
+-- copyright:
+category:            Yesod
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:   Yesod.Text.Markdown
+  build-depends:     base                 >= 4    && < 5
+                   , markdown             >= 0.1  && < 1.0
+                   , yesod-core           >= 1.1  && < 2.0
+                   , yesod-form           >= 1.1  && < 2.0
+                   , persistent           >= 1.0  && < 2.0
+                   , text                 >= 0.11 && < 1.0
+                   , hamlet               >= 1.1  && < 2.0
+  ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-orphans
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: git://github.com/Tarrasch/yesod-text-markdown.git