diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c283397..5d653b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ coverage: 100.0% of statements
 ## Benchmarks
 
 ```
-BenchmarkSmall-12        7223979               164.2 ns/op            64 B/op          2 allocs/op
-BenchmarkMedium-12        832531              1310 ns/op             992 B/op          2 allocs/op
-BenchmarkLarge-12         295946              3732 ns/op            3712 B/op          3 allocs/op
+BenchmarkSmall-12        8899971               131.5 ns/op            32 B/op          1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkMedium-12        980007              1217 ns/op             512 B/op          1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkLarge-12         315229              3554 ns/op            2560 B/op          2 allocs/op
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index 024803c..862b53c 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package markdown
 import (
 	"html"
 	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func Render(markdown string) string {
 				r.WriteString("</blockquote>")
 			}
 
-			return string(r.out)
+			return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(r.out), len(r.out))
 		}
 
 		if i != len(markdown) && markdown[i] != '\n' {