diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/filters.py b/r2/r2/lib/filters.py
index dea74ed4d..1da8911b5 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/filters.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/filters.py
@@ -175,14 +175,14 @@ class SouptestSaxHandler(ContentHandler):
 markdown_ok_tags = {
     'div': ('class'),
     'a': set(('href', 'title', 'target', 'nofollow', 'rel')),
-    
+    'img': set(('src', 'alt')),
     }
 
 markdown_boring_tags =  ('p', 'em', 'strong', 'br', 'ol', 'ul', 'hr', 'li',
                          'pre', 'code', 'blockquote', 'center',
                           'sup', 'del', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6',)
 
-markdown_user_tags = ('table', 'th', 'tr', 'td', 'tbody', 'img',
+markdown_user_tags = ('table', 'th', 'tr', 'td', 'tbody',
                      'tbody', 'thead', 'tr', 'tfoot', 'caption')
 
 for bt in markdown_boring_tags: