diff --git a/lib/siteleaf/site.rb b/lib/siteleaf/site.rb
index 69f6444..ed2ebd8 100644
--- a/lib/siteleaf/site.rb
+++ b/lib/siteleaf/site.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ class Site < Entity
 
     attr_accessor :title, :domain, :timezone, :meta, :posts_path, :version
     attr_reader :id, :user_id, :created_at, :updated_at
-    
+
     def self.find_by_domain(domain)
       result = Client.get self.endpoint, {"domain" => domain}
       self.new(result.first) if result and result.size >= 1
     end
-    
+
     def theme
       @theme ||= if result = Client.get("sites/#{self.id}/theme")
         theme = Theme.new(result)
@@ -16,60 +16,61 @@ def theme
         theme
       end
     end
-    
+
     def assets
       result = Client.get "sites/#{self.id}/assets"
       result.map { |r| Asset.new(r) } if result
     end
-    
+
     def pages
       result = Client.get "sites/#{self.id}/pages"
       result.map { |r| Page.new(r) } if result
     end
-    
+
     def posts
       result = Client.get "sites/#{self.id}/posts"
       result.map { |r| Post.new(r) } if result
     end
-    
+
     def resolve(url = '/')
       Client.get "sites/#{self.id}/resolve", {"url" => url}
     end
-    
+
     def preview(url = '/', template = nil)
       Client.post "sites/#{self.id}/preview", {"url" => url, "template" => template}
     end
-    
+
     def publish
       result = Client.post "sites/#{self.id}/publish", {}
       Job.new(id: result.parsed_response["job_id"]) if result
     end
-    
+
     def posts_path
       @posts_path || 'posts'
     end
-    
+
     def filename
       "_config.yml"
     end
-    
+
     def config
       attrs = {}
       attrs['title'] = title
       attrs['url'] = "http://#{domain}"
       attrs['timezone'] = timezone
       attrs['permalink'] = 'pretty'
-      
+      attrs['markdown'] = 'kramdown'
+
       meta.each{|m| attrs[m['key'].to_s.downcase] = m['value'].to_s == '' ? nil : m['value'].to_s.gsub("\r\n","\n")} unless meta.nil?
-      
+
       # output uploads using v1 /assets path
       attrs['collections'] = {
         'uploads' => {
-          'title' => 'Uploads', 
+          'title' => 'Uploads',
           'output' => true
         }
       }
-      
+
       # use collections for any set of posts not called "posts"
       pages.each do |page|
         path = page.url.sub('/','').gsub('/','_')
@@ -79,35 +80,29 @@ def config
           attrs['collections'][path]['permalink'] = "#{page.url}/:path" if path != page.slug
         end
       end
-      
+
       # set permalink style for posts
       attrs['defaults'] = [{
         'scope' => {
-          'path' => '', 
+          'path' => '',
           'type' => 'posts'
-        }, 
+        },
         'values' => {
-          'permalink' => "/#{posts_path}/:title/" 
+          'permalink' => "/#{posts_path}/:title/"
         }
       }]
-      
-      # markdown defaults to match v1 rendering
-      attrs['markdown'] = 'redcarpet'
-      attrs['redcarpet'] = {
-        'extensions' => ['autolink', 'fenced_code_blocks', 'lax_spacing', 'strikethrough', 'superscript', 'tables', 'footnotes', 'highlight']
-      }
-   
+
       attrs
     end
-    
+
     def to_file(dir = 'export')
-      assets = Dir.glob("#{dir}/_uploads/**/*").each_with_object({}) do |var, hash| 
+      assets = Dir.glob("#{dir}/_uploads/**/*").each_with_object({}) do |var, hash|
         # remap assets to _uploads
         hash[var.sub("#{dir}/_uploads",'/assets')] = var.sub("#{dir}/_uploads",'/uploads')
       end
-      
+
       config.to_yaml.gsub(Regexp.union(assets.keys), assets)
     end
-    
+
   end
 end
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diff --git a/lib/siteleaf/version.rb b/lib/siteleaf/version.rb
index 8886db2..5f048d3 100644
--- a/lib/siteleaf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/siteleaf/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Siteleaf
-  VERSION = "1.0.7"
+  VERSION = "1.0.8"
 end
diff --git a/siteleaf.gemspec b/siteleaf.gemspec
index 69c2a17..a1b1855 100644
--- a/siteleaf.gemspec
+++ b/siteleaf.gemspec
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.description   = %q{A Ruby interface and command line utility for the Siteleaf API.}
   gem.summary       = "Siteleaf Ruby interface"
   gem.homepage      = "http://siteleaf.com"
-  
+
   gem.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
-  
+
   gem.add_dependency 'httparty', '>= 0.13.3'
   gem.add_dependency 'httmultiparty', '>= 0.3.13'
-  gem.add_dependency 'psych', '2.0.8'
+  gem.add_dependency 'psych', '>= 2.0.17'
   gem.add_dependency 'rack'
 
   gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($/)