diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d653b8..556e92a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ coverage: 100.0% of statements
 ## Benchmarks
 
 ```
-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
+BenchmarkSmall-12        8495775               140.9 ns/op            32 B/op          1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkMedium-12        729133              1457 ns/op             512 B/op          1 allocs/op
+BenchmarkLarge-12         293284              3831 ns/op            2560 B/op          2 allocs/op
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/Render.go b/Render.go
index 862b53c..07c6de3 100644
--- a/Render.go
+++ b/Render.go
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 		textEnd     = -1
 		urlStart    = -1
 		parentheses = 0
+		codeStart   = -1
 	)
 
 	for {
@@ -268,14 +269,17 @@ func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 			r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[tokenStart:i]))
 			tokenStart = i
 			textStart = i
+
 		case ']':
 			textEnd = i
+
 		case '(':
 			if parentheses == 0 {
 				urlStart = i
 			}
 
 			parentheses++
+
 		case ')':
 			parentheses--
 
@@ -295,6 +299,19 @@ func (r *renderer) writeText(markdown string) {
 
 				tokenStart = i + 1
 			}
+
+		case '`':
+			if codeStart != -1 {
+				r.WriteString("<code>")
+				r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[codeStart:i]))
+				r.WriteString("</code>")
+				codeStart = -1
+				tokenStart = i + 1
+			} else {
+				r.WriteString(html.EscapeString(markdown[tokenStart:i]))
+				tokenStart = i
+				codeStart = i + 1
+			}
 		}
 
 		i++
diff --git a/Render_test.go b/Render_test.go
index 30a2cac..212a077 100644
--- a/Render_test.go
+++ b/Render_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ func TestTables(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```\nText\n```"), "<pre><code>Text</code></pre>")
 	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("```go\ntype A struct {\n\t\n}\n```"), "<pre><code class=\"language-go\">type A struct {\n\t\n}</code></pre>")
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("`monospace`"), "<p><code>monospace</code></p>")
+	assert.Equal(t, markdown.Render("Inline `monospace` text."), "<p>Inline <code>monospace</code> text.</p>")
 }
 
 func TestQuote(t *testing.T) {