diff --git a/migrations/20170615170503_posts.js b/migrations/20170615170503_posts.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5367aa29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20170615170503_posts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export async function up(knex) {
+  await knex.schema.table('posts', table => {
+    table.text('html');
+    table.string('text_type');
+  });
+}
+
+export async function down(knex) {
+  await knex.schema.table('posts', table => {
+    table.dropColumns(['html', 'text_type']);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8e99e63..152f0646 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     "redux": "~3.6.0",
     "redux-immutablejs": "0.0.8",
     "reselect": "~3.0.0",
+    "sanitize-html": "^1.14.1",
     "sendgrid": "^2.0.0",
     "slug": "^0.9.1",
     "smoothscroll-polyfill": "^0.3.4",
diff --git a/src/api/db/index.js b/src/api/db/index.js
index 45199883..298752a6 100644
--- a/src/api/db/index.js
+++ b/src/api/db/index.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { break as breakGraphemes, countBreaks } from 'grapheme-breaker';
 import { OnigRegExp } from 'oniguruma';
 import Checkit from 'checkit';
 import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
+import sanitizeHtml from 'sanitize-html';
 import slug from 'slug';
 
 import { uploadAttachment, downloadAttachment, generateName } from '../../utils/attachments';
@@ -182,6 +183,41 @@ export function initBookshelfFromKnex(knex) {
 
   const Post = bookshelf.Model.extend({
     tableName: 'posts',
+    initialize() {
+      this.on('saving', this.ensureTextType.bind(this));
+      this.on('saving', this.renderHtml.bind(this));
+    },
+    ensureTextType() {
+      const allowedTypes = ['markdown', 'html', 'plain'];
+
+      // The default type of text is 'plain'. Plain text must be rendered using posts.text attribute.
+      if (!_.includes(allowedTypes, this.get('text_type'))) {
+        this.set('text_type', 'plain');
+        this.set('html', null);
+      }
+    },
+    renderHtml() {
+      const text = this.get('text');
+      if (!_.isString(text) || _.isEmpty(text)) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      let html;
+      switch (this.get('text_type')) {
+        case 'markdown': {
+          html = postMarkdown.render(text);
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'html': {
+          // Adjust the defaults if needed.
+          html = sanitizeHtml(text);
+          break;
+        }
+        default: return;
+      }
+
+      this.set('html', html);
+    },
     /**
      * Common logic for creating and updating. Must only be used for posts with text.
      */