diff --git a/src/js/simplemde.js b/src/js/simplemde.js
index 016d693..bf1b016 100644
--- a/src/js/simplemde.js
+++ b/src/js/simplemde.js
@@ -1401,6 +1401,12 @@ SimpleMDE.prototype.markdown = function(text) {
 		} else {
 			markedOptions.breaks = true;
 		}
+		
+		if(this.options && this.options.renderingConfig && this.options.renderingConfig.sanitize === true) {
+			markedOptions.sanitize = true;
+		} else {
+			markedOptions.sanitize = false;
+		}
 
 		if(this.options && this.options.renderingConfig && this.options.renderingConfig.codeSyntaxHighlighting === true && window.hljs) {
 			markedOptions.highlight = function(code) {
@@ -2025,4 +2031,4 @@ SimpleMDE.prototype.toTextArea = function() {
 	}
 };
 
-module.exports = SimpleMDE;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = SimpleMDE;