diff --git a/extensions/react-widget/package-lock.json b/extensions/react-widget/package-lock.json
index 3ae1c1011..2ad802826 100644
--- a/extensions/react-widget/package-lock.json
+++ b/extensions/react-widget/package-lock.json
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "docsgpt",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "docsgpt",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "version": "0.4.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
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         "@parcel/transformer-typescript-tsc": "^2.12.0",
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
         "flow-bin": "^0.229.2",
         "i": "^0.3.7",
         "install": "^0.13.0",
+        "markdown-it": "^14.1.0",
         "npm": "^10.5.0",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
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         "@parcel/transformer-typescript-types": "^2.12.0",
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
+        "@types/markdown-it": "^14.1.2",
         "@types/react": "^18.3.3",
         "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
         "babel-loader": "^8.0.4",
@@ -1837,11 +1838,6 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@emotion/is-prop-valid/-/is-prop-valid-1.2.2.tgz",
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/linkify-it": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sVDA58zAw4eWAffKOaQH5/5j3XeayukzDk+ewSsnv3p4yJEZHCCzMDiZM8e0OUrRvmpGZ85jf4yDHkHsgBNr9Q==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
+    "node_modules/@types/markdown-it": {
+      "version": "14.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-promo4eFwuiW+TfGxhi+0x3czqTYJkG8qB17ZUJiVF10Xm7NLVRSLUsfRTU/6h1e24VvRnXCx+hG7li58lkzog==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/linkify-it": "^5",
+        "@types/mdurl": "^2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@types/mdurl": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mdurl/-/mdurl-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RGdgjQUZba5p6QEFAVx2OGb8rQDL/cPRG7GiedRzMcJ1tYnUANBncjbSB1NRGwbvjcPeikRABz2nshyPk1bhWg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/parse-json": {
       "version": "4.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.2.tgz",
@@ -4686,8 +4707,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-8+9WqebbFzpX9OR+Wa6O29asIogeRMzcGtAINdpMHHyAg10f05aSFVBbcEqGf/PXw1EjAZ+q2/bEBg3DvurK3Q=="
     },
     "node_modules/babel-loader": {
       "version": "8.3.0",
@@ -5755,6 +5775,15 @@
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     },
+    "node_modules/linkify-it": {
+      "version": "5.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/linkify-it/-/linkify-it-5.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5aHCbzQRADcdP+ATqnDuhhJ/MRIqDkZX5pyjFHRRysS8vZ5AbqGEoFIb6pYHPZ+L/OC2Lc+xT8uHVVR5CAK/wQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "uc.micro": "^2.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/lmdb": {
       "version": "2.8.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lmdb/-/lmdb-2.8.5.tgz",
@@ -5850,6 +5879,29 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/markdown-it": {
+      "version": "14.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-it/-/markdown-it-14.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a54IwgWPaeBCAAsv13YgmALOF1elABB08FxO9i+r4VFk5Vl4pKokRPeX8u5TCgSsPi6ec1otfLjdOpVcgbpshg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "argparse": "^2.0.1",
+        "entities": "^4.4.0",
+        "linkify-it": "^5.0.0",
+        "mdurl": "^2.0.0",
+        "punycode.js": "^2.3.1",
+        "uc.micro": "^2.1.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "markdown-it": "bin/markdown-it.mjs"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/mdurl": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mdurl/-/mdurl-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Lf+9+2r+Tdp5wXDXC4PcIBjTDtq4UKjCPMQhKIuzpJNW0b96kVqSwW0bT7FhRSfmAiFYgP+SCRvdrDozfh0U5w==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/micromatch": {
       "version": "4.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/micromatch/-/micromatch-4.0.7.tgz",
@@ -8689,6 +8741,15 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/punycode.js": {
+      "version": "2.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode.js/-/punycode.js-2.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uxFIHU0YlHYhDQtV4R9J6a52SLx28BCjT+4ieh7IGbgwVJWO+km431c4yRlREUAsAmt/uMjQUyQHNEPf0M39CA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/react": {
       "version": "18.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react/-/react-18.3.1.tgz",
@@ -9031,6 +9092,12 @@
         "node": ">=14.17"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/uc.micro": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uc.micro/-/uc.micro-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ARDJmphmdvUk6Glw7y9DQ2bFkKBHwQHLi2lsaH6PPmz/Ka9sFOBsBluozhDltWmnv9u/cF6Rt87znRTPV+yp/A==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/extensions/react-widget/package.json b/extensions/react-widget/package.json
index 8182a7813..d12b76c43 100644
--- a/extensions/react-widget/package.json
+++ b/extensions/react-widget/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.23.3",
-    "@bpmn-io/snarkdown": "^2.2.0",
     "@parcel/resolver-glob": "^2.12.0",
     "@parcel/transformer-svg-react": "^2.12.0",
     "@parcel/transformer-typescript-tsc": "^2.12.0",
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@
     "flow-bin": "^0.229.2",
     "i": "^0.3.7",
     "install": "^0.13.0",
+    "markdown-it": "^14.1.0",
     "npm": "^10.5.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     "@parcel/packager-ts": "^2.12.0",
     "@parcel/transformer-typescript-types": "^2.12.0",
     "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
+    "@types/markdown-it": "^14.1.2",
     "@types/react": "^18.3.3",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.3.0",
     "babel-loader": "^8.0.4",
diff --git a/extensions/react-widget/src/components/DocsGPTWidget.tsx b/extensions/react-widget/src/components/DocsGPTWidget.tsx
index e7d375287..bc6adb6e5 100644
--- a/extensions/react-widget/src/components/DocsGPTWidget.tsx
+++ b/extensions/react-widget/src/components/DocsGPTWidget.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 "use client";
 import React from 'react'
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import snarkdown from '@bpmn-io/snarkdown';
 import styled, { keyframes, createGlobalStyle } from 'styled-components';
 import { PaperPlaneIcon, RocketIcon, ExclamationTriangleIcon, Cross2Icon } from '@radix-ui/react-icons';
 import { MESSAGE_TYPE, Query, Status, WidgetProps } from '../types/index';
 import { fetchAnswerStreaming } from '../requests/streamingApi';
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'styled-components';
+import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
 const themes = {
   dark: {
     bg: '#222327',
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const GlobalStyles = createGlobalStyle`
     border-radius: 6px;
     overflow-x: auto;
     background-color: #1B1C1F;
+    color: #fff !important;
 }
 .response h1{
   font-size: 20px;
@@ -51,12 +52,16 @@ const GlobalStyles = createGlobalStyle`
 .response h3{
   font-size: 16px;
 }
+.response p{
+  margin:0px;
+}
 .response code:not(pre code){
   border-radius: 6px;
   padding: 1px 3px 1px 3px;
   font-size: 12px;
   display: inline-block;
   background-color: #646464;
+  color: #fff !important;
 }
 `;
 const Overlay = styled.div`
@@ -338,7 +343,7 @@ export const DocsGPTWidget = ({
   heroTitle = 'Welcome to DocsGPT !',
   heroDescription = 'This chatbot is built with DocsGPT and utilises GenAI, please review important information using sources.',
   size = 'small',
-  theme = 'light',
+  theme = 'dark',
   buttonIcon = 'https://d3dg1063dc54p9.cloudfront.net/widget/message.svg',
   buttonBg = 'linear-gradient(to bottom right, #5AF0EC, #E80D9D)'
 }: WidgetProps) => {
@@ -349,6 +354,8 @@ export const DocsGPTWidget = ({
   const [open, setOpen] = React.useState<boolean>(false)
   const [eventInterrupt, setEventInterrupt] = React.useState<boolean>(false); //click or scroll by user while autoScrolling
   const endMessageRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const md = new MarkdownIt();
+
   const handleUserInterrupt = () => {
     (status === 'loading') && setEventInterrupt(true);
   }
@@ -471,7 +478,10 @@ export const DocsGPTWidget = ({
                           type='ANSWER'
                           ref={(index === queries.length - 1) ? endMessageRef : null}
                         >
-                          <div className="response" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(snarkdown(query.response)) }} />
+                          <div
+                            className="response"
+                            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: DOMPurify.sanitize(md.render(query.response)) }}
+                          />
                         </Message>
                       </MessageBubble>
                         : <div>