diff --git a/src/lib/common/markdown/Markdown.svelte b/src/lib/common/markdown/Markdown.svelte
index 87fb3371..b0a6cb5c 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/markdown/Markdown.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/common/markdown/Markdown.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		const normalizedText = typeof text !== 'string' ? `${JSON.stringify(text)}` : text;
 		const markedText = !rawText
 			? replaceNewLine(marked(replaceMarkdown(normalizedText || ''))?.toString())
-			: marked(normalizedText || '')?.toString();
+			: marked(normalizedText || '', { breaks: true })?.toString();
 		if (!!markedText && markedText.endsWith('<br>')) {
 			const idx = markedText.lastIndexOf('<br>');
 			return markedText.substring(0, idx);
@@ -124,8 +124,20 @@
         margin-bottom: 0;
     }
 
+    /* Tailwind's Preflight (app.css) resets ol/ul to `list-style: none` and
+       zero padding in @layer base. These unlayered rules restore the markers
+       for rendered markdown; call sites may still override padding/margins. */
+    .markdown-container :global(strong) {
+        font-weight: 700;
+    }
+
     .markdown-container :global(ul) {
-        list-style-position: outside;
+        list-style: disc outside;
+        padding-left: 1.5rem;
+    }
+    .markdown-container :global(ol) {
+        list-style: decimal outside;
+        padding-left: 1.5rem;
     }
 
     /* Variant: `markdown-lite` — used when the container sits on a dark
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/pages/_agent.scss b/src/lib/styles/pages/_agent.scss
index 8fb401d0..47816d3a 100644
--- a/src/lib/styles/pages/_agent.scss
+++ b/src/lib/styles/pages/_agent.scss
@@ -3792,7 +3792,7 @@
 	}
 
 
-h1 {
+.node h1 {
 		font-size: 0.9rem;
 		font-weight: 200;
 		padding: 0;
diff --git a/src/lib/styles/pages/_chat.scss b/src/lib/styles/pages/_chat.scss
index 39fbad28..280bedc9 100644
--- a/src/lib/styles/pages/_chat.scss
+++ b/src/lib/styles/pages/_chat.scss
@@ -4504,6 +4504,59 @@
 }
 
 
+/* Markdown theme for the bot bubble. Markdown.svelte zeroes paragraph margins
+   for its other call sites, and headings otherwise fall through to the global
+   theme sizes, so block spacing and a modest heading scale are restored here. */
+
+
+.rcm-body .markdown-container {
+    & p {
+        margin: 0.3rem 0;
+
+        &:first-child {
+            margin-top: 0;
+        }
+
+        &:last-child {
+            margin-bottom: 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    & h1,
+    & h2,
+    & h3,
+    & h4,
+    & h5,
+    & h6 {
+        margin: 0.75rem 0 0.35rem;
+        color: inherit;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        line-height: 1.25;
+
+        &:first-child {
+            margin-top: 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    & h1 { font-size: 1.25rem; }
+    & h2 { font-size: 1.15rem; }
+    & h3 { font-size: 1.05rem; }
+    & h4,
+    & h5,
+    & h6 { font-size: 1rem; }
+
+    & ul,
+    & ol {
+        margin: 0.35rem 0;
+        padding-left: 1.4rem;
+    }
+
+    & li {
+        margin: 0.2rem 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
 /* Bold "Thinking" label inside the toggle row (replaces Bootstrap .font-bold) */
 
 
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 4f7a05ff..19a29b3d 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	import '@fontsource/bebas-neue/400.css';
 	import '@fontsource/averia-libre/400.css';
 	import '@fontsource/libre-baskerville/400.css';
+	import '@fontsource/libre-baskerville/700.css';
 	import '@fontsource/source-code-pro/400.css';
 	import '@fontsource/rethink-sans/400.css';