diff --git a/app/views/index.blade.php b/app/views/index.blade.php
index 5997fcd1..56a39890 100644
--- a/app/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/index.blade.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <div class='alert alert-{{ $systemStatus }}'>{{ $systemMessage }}</div>
 
-    @if($aboutApp = Setting::get('app_about'))
+    @if($aboutApp)
     <div class='about-app'>
         <h1>{{ Lang::get('cachet.about_this_site') }}</h1>
         <p>{{ $aboutApp }}</p>
diff --git a/src/Controllers/HomeController.php b/src/Controllers/HomeController.php
index e2c3d28b..ef96524e 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/src/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace CachetHQ\Cachet\Controllers;
 
 use Component;
+use GrahamCampbell\Markdown\Facades\Markdown;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 use Setting;
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
 
         return View::make('index', [
             'components' => $components,
-            'pageTitle'  => Setting::get('app_name')
+            'pageTitle'  => Setting::get('app_name'),
+            'aboutApp'   => Markdown::render(Setting::get('app_about')),
         ]);
     }
 }