diff --git a/bin/core/imag-view/Cargo.toml b/bin/core/imag-view/Cargo.toml
index 3e4c5125..ffd5706b 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-view/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/core/imag-view/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ tempfile = "2.1"
 libimagstore     = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagstore" }
 libimagrt        = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagrt" }
 libimagerror     = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagerror" }
-libimagentryview = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/entry/libimagentryview" }
 libimagutil      = { version = "0.8.0", path = "../../../lib/etc/libimagutil" }
 
+[dependencies.libimagentryview]
+version          = "0.8.0"
+path             = "../../../lib/entry/libimagentryview"
+
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "^2.29"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
index 67fc6a07..bc9e83b4 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ use libimagerror::str::ErrFromStr;
 use libimagerror::trace::MapErrTrace;
 use libimagerror::iter::TraceIterator;
 use libimagentryview::builtin::stdout::StdoutViewer;
+use libimagentryview::builtin::md::MarkdownViewer;
 use libimagentryview::viewer::Viewer;
 use libimagentryview::error::ViewError as VE;
 use libimagstore::storeid::IntoStoreId;
@@ -171,24 +172,7 @@ fn main() {
 
         drop(files);
     } else {
-        let mut viewer = StdoutViewer::new(view_header, !hide_content);
-
-        if rt.cli().occurrences_of("autowrap") != 0 {
-            let width = rt.cli().value_of("autowrap").unwrap(); // ensured by clap
-            let width = usize::from_str(width).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                error!("Failed to parse argument to number: autowrap = {:?}",
-                       rt.cli().value_of("autowrap").map(String::from));
-                error!("-> {:?}", e);
-                ::std::process::exit(1)
-            });
-
-            viewer.wrap_at(width);
-        }
-
-        let output      = rt.stdout();
-        let mut lockout = output.lock();
-
-        entry_ids
+        let iter = entry_ids
             .into_iter()
             .into_get_iter(rt.store())
             .map(|e| {
@@ -196,10 +180,35 @@ fn main() {
                      .ok_or_else(|| String::from("Entry not found"))
                      .map_err(StoreError::from)
                      .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1)
-            })
-            .for_each(|e| {
-                viewer.view_entry(&e, &mut lockout).map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1);
             });
+
+        let out         = rt.stdout();
+        let mut outlock = out.lock();
+
+        if rt.cli().is_present("compile-md") {
+            let viewer = MarkdownViewer::new(&rt);
+            for entry in iter {
+                viewer.view_entry(&entry, &mut outlock).map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1);
+            }
+        } else {
+            let mut viewer = StdoutViewer::new(view_header, !hide_content);
+
+            if rt.cli().occurrences_of("autowrap") != 0 {
+                let width = rt.cli().value_of("autowrap").unwrap(); // ensured by clap
+                let width = usize::from_str(width).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                    error!("Failed to parse argument to number: autowrap = {:?}",
+                           rt.cli().value_of("autowrap").map(String::from));
+                    error!("-> {:?}", e);
+                    ::std::process::exit(1)
+                });
+
+                viewer.wrap_at(width);
+            }
+
+            for entry in iter {
+                viewer.view_entry(&entry, &mut outlock).map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/bin/core/imag-view/src/ui.rs b/bin/core/imag-view/src/ui.rs
index 7dbc9696..157a701f 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-view/src/ui.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-view/src/ui.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 //
 
-use clap::{Arg, ArgGroup, App, SubCommand};
+use clap::{Arg, ArgGroup, App};
 
 pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
     app
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
             .required(false)
             .help("Do not view content"))
 
+        .arg(Arg::with_name("compile-md")
+            .long("compile")
+            .short("c")
+            .takes_value(false)
+            .required(false)
+            .help("Do compile markdown to be nice")
+            .conflicts_with("not-view-content")
+            .conflicts_with("autowrap")) // markdown viewer does not support wrapping
+
         .arg(Arg::with_name("in")
             .long("in")
             .takes_value(true)
@@ -71,23 +80,4 @@ pub fn build_ui<'a>(app: App<'a, 'a>) -> App<'a, 'a> {
             .multiple(false)
             .help("View content. If no value is given, this fails. Possible viewers are configured via the config file."))
 
-        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("compile")
-                   .about("Compile content to other format for viewing, implies that the entry gets copied to /tmp")
-                   .version("0.1")
-                   .arg(Arg::with_name("from")
-                        .long("from")
-                        .short("f")
-                        .takes_value(true) // "markdown" or "textile" or "restructuredtex"
-                        .required(true)
-                        .help("Compile from")
-                        .value_name("FORMAT"))
-
-                   .arg(Arg::with_name("to")
-                        .long("to")
-                        .short("t")
-                        .takes_value(true) // "html" or "HTML" or ... json maybe?
-                        .required(true)
-                        .help("Compile to")
-                        .value_name("FORMAT"))
-                   )
 }