diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59198e8..7b5bbe8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ name = "actix_derive"
 version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
-version = "0.8.10"
+version = "0.8.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -622,9 +622,9 @@ name = "failure_derive"
 version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "synstructure 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -830,9 +830,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mac 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "markup5ever 0.7.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1339,9 +1339,9 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "pest 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pest_meta 2.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "syn 0.14.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "0.4.23"
+version = "0.4.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ name = "quote"
 version = "0.6.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1720,10 +1720,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "config 0.1.0",
  "errors 0.1.0",
  "front_matter 0.1.0",
+ "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "link_checker 0.1.0",
  "pest 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pest_derive 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pulldown-cmark 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "regex 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slug 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1740,7 +1742,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.9.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bytes 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "encoding_rs 0.8.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "encoding_rs 0.8.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "http 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.12.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1900,9 +1902,9 @@ name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.80"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2046,7 +2048,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "phf_generator 0.7.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "phf_shared 0.7.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "string_cache_shared 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -2072,9 +2074,9 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2082,17 +2084,17 @@ name = "syn"
 version = "0.14.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "0.15.20"
+version = "0.15.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -2102,9 +2104,9 @@ name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -2863,7 +2865,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum encoding-index-singlebyte 1.20141219.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3351d5acffb224af9ca265f435b859c7c01537c0849754d3db3fdf2bfe2ae84a"
 "checksum encoding-index-tradchinese 1.20141219.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fd0e20d5688ce3cab59eb3ef3a2083a5c77bf496cb798dc6fcdb75f323890c18"
 "checksum encoding_index_tests 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a246d82be1c9d791c5dfde9a2bd045fc3cbba3fa2b11ad558f27d01712f00569"
-"checksum encoding_rs 0.8.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "065f4d0c826fdaef059ac45487169d918558e3cf86c9d89f6e81cf52369126e5"
+"checksum encoding_rs 0.8.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5169856daf01399422d2cbaacdce579cd4f546c7a8481d3a4e926b313293ec56"
 "checksum error-chain 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "07e791d3be96241c77c43846b665ef1384606da2cd2a48730abe606a12906e02"
 "checksum error-chain 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6930e04918388a9a2e41d518c25cf679ccafe26733fb4127dbf21993f2575d46"
 "checksum failure 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6dd377bcc1b1b7ce911967e3ec24fa19c3224394ec05b54aa7b083d498341ac7"
@@ -2967,7 +2969,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum plist 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0c7316832d9ac5da02786bdc89a3faf0ca07070212b388766e969078fd593edc"
 "checksum png 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f54b9600d584d3b8a739e1662a595fab051329eff43f20e7d8cc22872962145b"
 "checksum precomputed-hash 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
-"checksum proc-macro2 0.4.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "88dae56b29da695d783ea7fc5a90de281f79eb38407e77f6d674dd8befc4ac47"
+"checksum proc-macro2 0.4.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77619697826f31a02ae974457af0b29b723e5619e113e9397b8b82c6bd253f09"
 "checksum pulldown-cmark 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "eef52fac62d0ea7b9b4dc7da092aa64ea7ec3d90af6679422d3d7e0e14b6ee15"
 "checksum quick-error 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9274b940887ce9addde99c4eee6b5c44cc494b182b97e73dc8ffdcb3397fd3f0"
 "checksum quote 0.6.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "53fa22a1994bd0f9372d7a816207d8a2677ad0325b073f5c5332760f0fb62b5c"
@@ -3021,7 +3023,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum strum 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f6c3a2071519ab6a48f465808c4c1ffdd00dfc8e93111d02b4fc5abab177676e"
 "checksum strum_macros 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8baacebd7b7c9b864d83a6ba7a246232983e277b86fa5cdec77f565715a4b136"
 "checksum syn 0.14.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "261ae9ecaa397c42b960649561949d69311f08eeaea86a65696e6e46517cf741"
-"checksum syn 0.15.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8886c8d2774e853fcd7d9d2131f6e40ba46c9c0e358e4d57178452abd6859bb0"
+"checksum syn 0.15.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "816b7af21405b011a23554ea2dc3f6576dc86ca557047c34098c1d741f10f823"
 "checksum synstructure 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "73687139bf99285483c96ac0add482c3776528beac1d97d444f6e91f203a2015"
 "checksum syntect 3.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e02dd9df97a68a2d005ace28ff24c610abfc3ce17afcfdb22a077645dabb599a"
 "checksum tempfile 3.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "55c1195ef8513f3273d55ff59fe5da6940287a0d7a98331254397f464833675b"
diff --git a/components/rendering/Cargo.toml b/components/rendering/Cargo.toml
index b7319b1..21815e1 100644
--- a/components/rendering/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/rendering/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
 pest = "2"
 pest_derive = "2"
+regex = "1"
+lazy_static = "1"
 
 errors = { path = "../errors" }
 front_matter = { path = "../front_matter" }
diff --git a/components/rendering/src/lib.rs b/components/rendering/src/lib.rs
index 5a7ef19..61742b6 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ extern crate pest;
 extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate pest_derive;
+extern crate regex;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate errors;
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ pub use shortcode::render_shortcodes;
 pub use table_of_contents::Header;
 
 pub fn render_content(content: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<markdown::Rendered> {
-    // Don't do anything if there is nothing like a shortcode in the content
+    // Don't do shortcodes if there is nothing like a shortcode in the content
     if content.contains("{{") || content.contains("{%") {
         let rendered = render_shortcodes(content, context)?;
         return markdown_to_html(&rendered, context);
diff --git a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
index 7dde02a..7ec4fc1 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ fn find_anchor(anchors: &[String], name: String, level: u8) -> String {
     find_anchor(anchors, name, level + 1)
 }
 
+// Colocated asset links refers to the files in the same directory,
+// there it should be a filename only
 fn is_colocated_asset_link(link: &str) -> bool {
     !link.contains('/')  // http://, ftp://, ../ etc
         && !link.starts_with("mailto:")
diff --git a/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs b/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
index 1cfe802..294eee3 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use pest::iterators::Pair;
 use pest::Parser;
 use tera::{to_value, Context, Map, Value};
+use regex::Regex;
 
 use context::RenderContext;
 use errors::{Result, ResultExt};
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ const _GRAMMAR: &str = include_str!("content.pest");
 #[grammar = "content.pest"]
 pub struct ContentParser;
 
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref MULTIPLE_NEWLINE_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"\n\s*\n").unwrap();
+}
+
 fn replace_string_markers(input: &str) -> String {
     match input.chars().next().unwrap() {
         '"' => input.replace('"', "").to_string(),
@@ -113,7 +118,12 @@ fn render_shortcode(
         .render(&tpl_name, &tera_context)
         .chain_err(|| format!("Failed to render {} shortcode", name))?;
 
-    Ok(res)
+    // Small hack to avoid having multiple blank lines because of Tera tags for example
+    // A blank like will cause the markdown parser to think we're out of HTML and start looking
+    // at indentation, making the output a code block.
+    let res = MULTIPLE_NEWLINE_RE.replace_all(&res, "\n");
+
+    Ok(res.to_string())
 }
 
 pub fn render_shortcodes(content: &str, context: &RenderContext) -> Result<String> {
diff --git a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
index 4314820..8585ae3 100644
--- a/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/tests/markdown.rs
@@ -688,3 +688,36 @@ fn can_handle_summaries() {
         Some("<p>Hello <a href=\"https://vincent.is/about/\">world</a></p>\n".len())
     );
 }
+
+// https://github.com/Keats/gutenberg/issues/522
+#[test]
+fn doesnt_try_to_highlight_content_from_shortcode() {
+    let permalinks_ctx = HashMap::new();
+    let mut tera = Tera::default();
+    tera.extend(&ZOLA_TERA).unwrap();
+
+    let shortcode = r#"
+<figure>
+     {% if width %}
+     <img src="/images/{{ src }}" alt="{{ caption }}" width="{{ width }}" />
+     {% else %}
+     <img src="/images/{{ src }}" alt="{{ caption }}" />
+     {% endif %}
+
+     <figcaption>{{ caption }}</figcaption>
+</figure>"#;
+
+    let markdown_string = r#"{{ figure(src="spherecluster.png", caption="Some spheres.") }}"#;
+
+    let expected = r#"<figure>
+     <img src="/images/spherecluster.png" alt="Some spheres." />
+     <figcaption>Some spheres.</figcaption>
+</figure>"#;
+
+    tera.add_raw_template(&format!("shortcodes/{}.html", "figure"), shortcode).unwrap();
+    let config = Config::default();
+    let context = RenderContext::new(&tera, &config, "", &permalinks_ctx, InsertAnchor::None);
+
+    let res = render_content(markdown_string, &context).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.body, expected);
+}