diff --git a/src/scripts/js/es6/common/api/init.js b/src/scripts/js/es6/common/api/init.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbd9898d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/js/es6/common/api/init.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { thenMarkdownToHtml } from './markdown'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/templates/nodes/custom/post/create.pug b/src/templates/nodes/custom/post/create.pug
index 83b3987d..db3d43fc 100644
--- a/src/templates/nodes/custom/post/create.pug
+++ b/src/templates/nodes/custom/post/create.pug
@@ -128,15 +128,7 @@ script(type="text/javascript").
 				$contentPreview = $('<div class="node-edit-form-md-preview" />').insertAfter($contentField);
 
 		function parseDescriptionContent(content) {
-
-			$.ajax({
-				url: "{{ url_for('nodes.preview_markdown')}}",
-				type: 'post',
-				data: {content: content},
-				headers: {"X-CSRFToken": csrf_token},
-				headers: {},
-				dataType: 'json'
-			})
+			pillar.api.thenMarkdownToHtml(content)
 			.done(function (data) {
 				$contentPreview.html(data.content);
 			})
diff --git a/src/templates/nodes/edit_embed.pug b/src/templates/nodes/edit_embed.pug
index d0a191b9..352b5a91 100644
--- a/src/templates/nodes/edit_embed.pug
+++ b/src/templates/nodes/edit_embed.pug
@@ -106,14 +106,7 @@ script(type="text/javascript").
 
 		function parseDescriptionContent(content) {
 
-			$.ajax({
-				url: "{{ url_for('nodes.preview_markdown')}}",
-				type: 'post',
-				data: {content: content},
-				headers: {"X-CSRFToken": csrf_token},
-				headers: {},
-				dataType: 'json'
-			})
+			pillar.api.thenMarkdownToHtml(content)
 			.done(function (data) {
 				$contentPreview.html(data.content);
 			})
diff --git a/src/templates/projects/edit.pug b/src/templates/projects/edit.pug
index 032c9590..81ff8432 100644
--- a/src/templates/projects/edit.pug
+++ b/src/templates/projects/edit.pug
@@ -140,14 +140,7 @@ script(type="text/javascript").
 
 		function parseDescriptionContent(content) {
 
-			$.ajax({
-				url: "{{ url_for('nodes.preview_markdown')}}",
-				type: 'post',
-				data: {content: content},
-				headers: {"X-CSRFToken": csrf_token},
-				headers: {},
-				dataType: 'json'
-			})
+			pillar.api.thenMarkdownToHtml(content)
 			.done(function (data) {
 				$contentPreview.html(data.content);
 			})