diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/markdown/aggregator/MutableMarkdown.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/markdown/aggregator/MutableMarkdown.java
index b3a6e3dab..f8c4feed9 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/markdown/aggregator/MutableMarkdown.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/markdown/aggregator/MutableMarkdown.java
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public class MutableMarkdown  {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
+    public MutableMarkdown(String rawMarkdown) {
+        this.path = null;
+        this.rawMarkdown = rawMarkdown;
+        parseStructure(rawMarkdown);
+    }
 
     private void parseStructure(String rawMarkdown) {
         AbstractYamlFrontMatterVisitor v = new AbstractYamlFrontMatterVisitor();
@@ -69,13 +74,19 @@ public class MutableMarkdown  {
                 } else if (node instanceof WhiteSpace) {
                 } else if (node instanceof YamlFrontMatterBlock) {
                 } else {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("The markdown file at '" + this.path.toString() + "' must have an initial heading as a title, before any other element, but found:" + node.getClass().getSimpleName());
+                    if(this.path != null)
+                        throw new RuntimeException("The markdown file at '" + this.path.toString() + "' must have an initial heading as a title, before any other element, but found:" + node.getClass().getSimpleName());
+                    else
+                        throw new RuntimeException("The markdown string provided must have an initial heading as a title, before any other element, but found: "+ node.getClass().getSimpleName());
                 }
                 node=node.getNext();
             }
         }
         if (frontMatter.getTitle()==null || frontMatter.getTitle().isEmpty()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("The markdown file at '" + this.path.toString() + "' has no heading to use as a title.");
+            if(this.path != null)
+                throw new RuntimeException("The markdown file at '" + this.path.toString() + "' has no heading to use as a title.");
+            else
+                throw new RuntimeException("The markdown string provided has no heading to use as a title.");
         }
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +101,10 @@ public class MutableMarkdown  {
                 if (end>=0) {
                     return rawMarkdown.substring(end+4);
                 } else {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find matching boundaries in " + path.toString() + ": " + boundary);
+                    if(path != null)
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find matching boundaries in " + path.toString() + ": " + boundary);
+                    else
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Unable to find matching boundaries in provided markdown: " + boundary);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/nbr/pom.xml b/nbr/pom.xml
index 9dca9b6cf..f417ab914 100644
--- a/nbr/pom.xml
+++ b/nbr/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
             <artifactId>adapter-diag</artifactId>
             <version>4.17.31-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.commonmark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commonmark</artifactId>
+            <version>0.20.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/nbr/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/docsapi/docexporter/BundledMarkdownZipExporter.java b/nbr/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/docsapi/docexporter/BundledMarkdownZipExporter.java
index 75e77ef64..af6d5040b 100644
--- a/nbr/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/docsapi/docexporter/BundledMarkdownZipExporter.java
+++ b/nbr/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/docsapi/docexporter/BundledMarkdownZipExporter.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
+import org.commonmark.parser.Parser;
+import org.commonmark.node.Node;
 
 public class BundledMarkdownZipExporter {
 
@@ -74,10 +76,14 @@ public class BundledMarkdownZipExporter {
             {
                 String filename = entry.getKey();
                 StringBuilder fileStringBuilder = entry.getValue();
-                ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(bindingsPrefix +filename);
+                MutableMarkdown parsed = new MutableMarkdown(fileStringBuilder.toString());
+                for (BundledMarkdownProcessor filter : this.filters) {
+                    parsed = filter.apply(parsed);
+                }
+                ZipEntry zipEntry = new ZipEntry(bindingsPrefix + filename);
                 zipEntry.setTime(new Date().getTime());
                 zipstream.putNextEntry(zipEntry);
-                zipstream.write(fileStringBuilder.toString().getBytes());
+                zipstream.write(parsed.getComposedMarkdown().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                 zipstream.closeEntry();
             }
             zipstream.finish();