diff --git a/django_mesh/models.py b/django_mesh/models.py
index 68334c7..bc87163 100644
--- a/django_mesh/models.py
+++ b/django_mesh/models.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def render(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self.rendered_text = textile.textile(self.text)
 
 
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(self.rendered_text)
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(self.rendered_text, 'html.parser')
 
         matching_text_nodes = soup.find_all(text = re.compile(URL_REGEX)) 
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def render(self, *args, **kwargs):
             else:
                 matching_text_node.replace_with(plain_text)
 
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(soup.encode(formatter=None))
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(soup.encode(formatter=None), 'html.parser')
 
         self.rendered_text = soup.encode(formatter=None).decode()