diff --git a/static/js/directives/ui/markdown/markdown-view.component.css b/static/js/directives/ui/markdown/markdown-view.component.css
index 9cb3f601f..bfbc4957d 100644
--- a/static/js/directives/ui/markdown/markdown-view.component.css
+++ b/static/js/directives/ui/markdown/markdown-view.component.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .markdown-view-content {
   word-wrap: break-word;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .markdown-view-content p {
diff --git a/static/js/services/util-service.js b/static/js/services/util-service.js
index 760d7a372..131bb0d34 100644
--- a/static/js/services/util-service.js
+++ b/static/js/services/util-service.js
@@ -1,110 +1,111 @@
 /**
  * Service which exposes various utility methods.
  */
-angular.module('quay').factory('UtilService', ['$sanitize', function($sanitize) {
-  var utilService = {};
+angular.module('quay').factory('UtilService', ['$sanitize', 'markdownConverterFactory',
+  function($sanitize, markdownConverterFactory) {
+    var utilService = {};
 
-  var adBlockEnabled = null;
+    var adBlockEnabled = null;
 
-  utilService.isAdBlockEnabled = function(callback) {
-    if (adBlockEnabled !== null) {
-      callback(adBlockEnabled);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if(typeof blockAdBlock === 'undefined') {
-      callback(true);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    var bab = new BlockAdBlock({
-      checkOnLoad: false,
-      resetOnEnd: true
-    });
-
-    bab.onDetected(function() { adBlockEnabled = true; callback(true); });
-    bab.onNotDetected(function() { adBlockEnabled = false; callback(false); });
-    bab.check();
-  };
-
-  utilService.isEmailAddress = function(val) {
-    var emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$/;
-    return emailRegex.test(val);
-  };
-
-  utilService.getMarkedDown = function(string) {
-    return html = Markdown.getSanitizingConverter().makeHtml(string || '');
-  };
-
-  utilService.getFirstMarkdownLineAsText = function(commentString, placeholderNeeded) {
-    if (!commentString) {
-      if (placeholderNeeded) {
-        return '<p style="visibility:hidden">placeholder</p>';
+    utilService.isAdBlockEnabled = function(callback) {
+      if (adBlockEnabled !== null) {
+        callback(adBlockEnabled);
+        return;
       }
-      return '';
-    }
 
-    var lines = commentString.split('\n');
-    var MARKDOWN_CHARS = {
-      '#': true,
-      '-': true,
-      '>': true,
-      '`': true
+      if(typeof blockAdBlock === 'undefined') {
+        callback(true);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var bab = new BlockAdBlock({
+        checkOnLoad: false,
+        resetOnEnd: true
+      });
+
+      bab.onDetected(function() { adBlockEnabled = true; callback(true); });
+      bab.onNotDetected(function() { adBlockEnabled = false; callback(false); });
+      bab.check();
     };
 
-    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; ++i) {
-      // Skip code lines.
-      if (lines[i].indexOf('    ') == 0) {
-        continue;
+    utilService.isEmailAddress = function(val) {
+      var emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$/;
+      return emailRegex.test(val);
+    };
+
+    utilService.getMarkedDown = function(string) {
+      return markdownConverterFactory().makeHtml(string || '');
+    };
+
+    utilService.getFirstMarkdownLineAsText = function(commentString, placeholderNeeded) {
+      if (!commentString) {
+        if (placeholderNeeded) {
+          return '<p style="visibility:hidden">placeholder</p>';
+        }
+        return '';
       }
 
-      // Skip empty lines.
-      if ($.trim(lines[i]).length == 0) {
-        continue;
+      var lines = commentString.split('\n');
+      var MARKDOWN_CHARS = {
+        '#': true,
+        '-': true,
+        '>': true,
+        '`': true
+      };
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; ++i) {
+        // Skip code lines.
+        if (lines[i].indexOf('    ') == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        // Skip empty lines.
+        if ($.trim(lines[i]).length == 0) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        // Skip control lines.
+        if (MARKDOWN_CHARS[$.trim(lines[i])[0]]) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        return utilService.getMarkedDown(lines[i]);
       }
 
-      // Skip control lines.
-      if (MARKDOWN_CHARS[$.trim(lines[i])[0]]) {
-        continue;
+      return '';
+    };
+
+    utilService.escapeHtmlString = function(text) {
+      var textStr = (text || '').toString();
+      var adjusted = textStr.replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
+        .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+        .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
+        .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
+        .replace(/'/g, "&#039;");
+
+      return adjusted;
+    };
+
+    utilService.stringToHTML = function(text) {
+      text = utilService.escapeHtmlString(text);
+      text = text.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+      return text;
+    };
+
+    utilService.getRestUrl = function(args) {
+      var url = '';
+      for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i) {
+        if (i > 0) {
+           url += '/';
+        }
+        url += encodeURI(arguments[i])
       }
+      return url;
+    };
 
-      return utilService.getMarkedDown(lines[i]);
-    }
+    utilService.textToSafeHtml = function(text) {
+      return $sanitize(utilService.escapeHtmlString(text));
+    };
 
-    return '';
-  };
-
-  utilService.escapeHtmlString = function(text) {
-    var textStr = (text || '').toString();
-    var adjusted = textStr.replace(/&/g, "&amp;")
-      .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
-      .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
-      .replace(/"/g, "&quot;")
-      .replace(/'/g, "&#039;");
-
-    return adjusted;
-  };
-
-  utilService.stringToHTML = function(text) {
-    text = utilService.escapeHtmlString(text);
-    text = text.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
-    return text;
-  };
-
-  utilService.getRestUrl = function(args) {
-    var url = '';
-    for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i) {
-      if (i > 0) {
-         url += '/';
-      }
-      url += encodeURI(arguments[i])
-    }
-    return url;
-  };
-
-  utilService.textToSafeHtml = function(text) {
-    return $sanitize(utilService.escapeHtmlString(text));
-  };
-
-  return utilService;
+    return utilService;
 }]);