diff --git a/server/src/markdownify/markdown.ts b/server/src/markdownify/markdown.ts
index d1399297..0aeca9e7 100644
--- a/server/src/markdownify/markdown.ts
+++ b/server/src/markdownify/markdown.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
-import TurndownService from "turndown";
-import { gfm } from "joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm";
-
 export async function parseMarkdown(
   html: string | null | undefined,
 ): Promise<string> {
-  if (!html) return "";
+  const TurndownService = require("turndown");
+  const { gfm } = require("joplin-turndown-plugin-gfm");
 
   const t = new TurndownService();
-
-  // Custom rule for inline links
   t.addRule("inlineLink", {
     filter: (node: any, opts: any) =>
       opts.linkStyle === "inlined" &&
       node.nodeName === "A" &&
       node.getAttribute("href"),
     replacement: (content: string, node: any) => {
-      const href = node.getAttribute("href")?.trim() || "";
+      const href = node.getAttribute("href").trim();
       const title = node.title ? ` "${node.title}"` : "";
       return `[${content.trim()}](${href}${title})\n`;
     },
   });
 
-  // GitHub-flavored markdown features
   t.use(gfm);
 
   try {
@@ -52,7 +47,6 @@ function fixBrokenLinks(md: string): string {
       result += ch;
     }
   }
-
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -60,3 +54,4 @@ function stripSkipLinks(md: string): string {
   return md.replace(/\[Skip to Content\]\(#[^\)]*\)/gi, "");
 }
 
+