diff --git a/src/app/shared/utils/markdown.pipe.ts b/src/app/shared/utils/markdown.pipe.ts
index f7e1032cac..e675a863f8 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/utils/markdown.pipe.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/utils/markdown.pipe.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { Inject, InjectionToken, Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
-import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
-import * as sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html';
+import { Inject, InjectionToken, Pipe, PipeTransform, SecurityContext } from '@angular/core';
 import { DomSanitizer, SafeHtml } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
 
+const markdownItLoader = async () => (await import('markdown-it')).default;
+type LazyMarkdownIt = ReturnType<typeof markdownItLoader>;
+const MARKDOWN_IT = new InjectionToken<LazyMarkdownIt>(
+  'Lazily loaded MarkdownIt',
+  { providedIn: 'root', factory: markdownItLoader }
+);
+
 const mathjaxLoader = async () => (await import('markdown-it-mathjax3')).default;
 type Mathjax = ReturnType<typeof mathjaxLoader>;
 const MATHJAX = new InjectionToken<Mathjax>(
@@ -11,6 +16,13 @@ const MATHJAX = new InjectionToken<Mathjax>(
   { providedIn: 'root', factory: mathjaxLoader }
 );
 
+const sanitizeHtmlLoader = async () => (await import('sanitize-html') as any).default;
+type SanitizeHtml = ReturnType<typeof sanitizeHtmlLoader>;
+const SANITIZE_HTML = new InjectionToken<SanitizeHtml>(
+  'Lazily loaded sanitize-html',
+  { providedIn: 'root', factory: sanitizeHtmlLoader }
+);
+
 /**
  * Pipe for rendering markdown and mathjax.
  * - markdown will only be rendered if {@link MarkdownConfig#enabled} is true
@@ -31,7 +43,9 @@ export class MarkdownPipe implements PipeTransform {
 
   constructor(
     protected sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
+    @Inject(MARKDOWN_IT) private markdownIt: LazyMarkdownIt,
     @Inject(MATHJAX) private mathjax: Mathjax,
+    @Inject(SANITIZE_HTML) private sanitizeHtml: SanitizeHtml,
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -39,15 +53,17 @@ export class MarkdownPipe implements PipeTransform {
     if (!environment.markdown.enabled) {
       return value;
     }
+    const MarkdownIt = await this.markdownIt;
     const md = new MarkdownIt({
       html: true,
       linkify: true,
     });
+
+    let html: string;
     if (environment.markdown.mathjax) {
       md.use(await this.mathjax);
-    }
-    return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(
-      sanitizeHtml(md.render(value), {
+      const sanitizeHtml = await this.sanitizeHtml
+      html = sanitizeHtml(md.render(value), {
         // sanitize-html doesn't let through SVG by default, so we extend its allowlists to cover MathJax SVG
         allowedTags: [
           ...sanitizeHtml.defaults.allowedTags,
@@ -77,7 +93,11 @@ export class MarkdownPipe implements PipeTransform {
         parser: {
           lowerCaseAttributeNames: false,
         },
-      })
-    );
+      });
+    } else {
+      html = this.sanitizer.sanitize(SecurityContext.HTML, md.render(value));
+    }
+
+    return this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustHtml(html)
   }
 }