diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f073b2..ead6413 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ nix build .#raw
 - [X] headers
 - [X] paragraphs
 - [ ] tables
-- [ ] lists
+- [X] lists
 - [ ] checkboxes
 - [ ] images
 - [ ] links
diff --git a/nixite/md.nix b/nixite/md.nix
index e093e18..8278cc2 100644
--- a/nixite/md.nix
+++ b/nixite/md.nix
@@ -45,23 +45,33 @@ in rec {
     elems.Doc { } [ [ (elems.title { } "markdown file") ] (readMd md) ];
 
   mdBlock = block:
-    let
+    (let
       h = heading block;
       c = code block;
+      ul = list block;
     in (if h.matched then h.block else 
     if c.matched then c.block else
-    elems.p block);
+    if ul.matched then ul.block else
+    elems.p block));
 
-  heading = block: let
-    m = builtins.match "(#+) (.*)" block;
+  heading = block: matchThen "(#+) (.*)" block (m:
+  let
     l = builtins.stringLength (builtins.elemAt m 0);
-    in
-    if m == null then { matched = false; inherit block; }
-    else { matched = true; block = H l (builtins.elemAt m 1); };
+    in H l (builtins.elemAt m 1));
 
-  code = block: let
-    m = builtins.match "(```)(.*)(```)" block;
+  code = block: matchThen "(```)(.*)(```)" block (m:
+    elems.code (builtins.elemAt m 1));
+
+  list = block: matchThen (let item = "- .+"; in "(${item}\n)*(${item}\n?)") block (m:
+    elems.List (builtins.filter ( s: builtins.isString s && s!="" ) (builtins.split "[:blank:]*- " block)));
+
+  matchThen = matcher: block: func:
+    let
+    m = builtins.match matcher block;
     in
-    if m == null then { matched = false; inherit block; }
-    else { matched = true; block = elems.code (builtins.elemAt m 1); };
+    if m == null then dontMatch block 
+    else { matched = true; block = func m; };
+  
+  dontMatch = block: { matched = false; inherit block; };
+
 }
diff --git a/testing/md.test.nix b/testing/md.test.nix
index 66eb6bc..6086f03 100644
--- a/testing/md.test.nix
+++ b/testing/md.test.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,48 @@ in with md; [
     expected = elems.code code;
   }))
 
+  (it "matches a list of one element" (
+  {
+    actual = list ''
+    - something
+    '';
+    expected = { matched = true; block = elems.List ["something\n"];};
+  }))
+
+  (it "matches a list of many elements" (
+  {
+    actual = list ''
+    - something
+    - something else
+    '';
+    expected = { matched = true; block = elems.List ["something\n" "something else\n"];};
+  }))
+
+  (it "matches a list with no whitespace around" (
+  {
+    actual = list 
+    "- something\n- something else";
+    expected = { matched = true; block = elems.List ["something\n" "something else"];};
+  }))
+
+
+  (it "doesnt match not a list" (
+  let
+  str = "blah blah";
+  in
+  {
+    actual = list str;
+    expected = { matched = false; block = str;};
+  }))
+
+  (it "makes a list" (
+  {
+    actual = mdBlock ''
+      - something
+    '';
+    expected = elems.List ["something\n"];
+  }))
+
   (it "processes md block" {
     actual = readMd ''
       # foo bar