diff --git a/post.go b/post.go
index 3c51153..08961c0 100644
--- a/post.go
+++ b/post.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (post *Post) Content() []byte {
 	return data
 }
 
-func (post *Post) RenderedContent() bytes.Buffer {
+func (post *Post) RenderedContent() string {
 	data := post.Content()
 
 	// trim yaml block
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (post *Post) RenderedContent() bytes.Buffer {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	return buf
+	return buf.String()
 
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func (post *Post) ScanForLinks() error {
 	// this could be done in markdown parsing, but I don't want to
 	// rely on goldmark for this (yet)
 	postHtml := post.RenderedContent()
-	links, _ := post.user.repo.Parser.ParseLinksFromString(postHtml.String())
+	links, _ := post.user.repo.Parser.ParseLinksFromString(postHtml)
 	// add reply url if set
 	if post.Meta().Reply.Url != "" {
 		links = append(links, post.Meta().Reply.Url)
diff --git a/post_test.go b/post_test.go
index 4d83654..67b30a9 100644
--- a/post_test.go
+++ b/post_test.go
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ func TestNoRawHTMLIfDisallowedByRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	content += "<script>alert('foo')</script>\n"
 	os.WriteFile(post.ContentFile(), []byte(content), 0644)
 	html := post.RenderedContent()
-	html_str := html.String()
-	assertions.AssertNotContains(t, html_str, "<script>")
+	assertions.AssertNotContains(t, html, "<script>")
 }
 
 func TestRawHTMLIfAllowedByRepo(t *testing.T) {
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ func TestRawHTMLIfAllowedByRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	content += "<script>alert('foo')</script>\n"
 	os.WriteFile(post.ContentFile(), []byte(content), 0644)
 	html := post.RenderedContent()
-	html_str := html.String()
-	assertions.AssertContains(t, html_str, "<script>")
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, html, "<script>")
 }
 
 func TestLoadMeta(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/renderer.go b/renderer.go
index 97f5c9e..7e48087 100644
--- a/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func renderPostContent(post *Post) (string, error) {
 	postHtml, err := renderEmbedTemplate("embed/post.html", PostRenderData{
 		Title:   post.Title(),
 		Post:    post,
-		Content: template.HTML(buf.String()),
+		Content: template.HTML(buf),
 	})
 	return postHtml, err
 }
diff --git a/renderer_test.go b/renderer_test.go
index 512a0ed..435340d 100644
--- a/renderer_test.go
+++ b/renderer_test.go
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ func TestCanRenderIndexPageNoTitle(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRenderNoteAsFullContent(t *testing.T) {
 	user := getTestUser()
-	post, _ := user.CreateNewPostFull(owl.PostMeta{Type: "note"}, "hi")
-	result, _ := owl.RenderPost(post)
-	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "hi")
+	user.CreateNewPostFull(owl.PostMeta{Type: "note"}, "This is a note")
+	result, _ := owl.RenderPostList(user, &owl.PostList{
+		Include: []string{"note"},
+	})
+	assertions.AssertContains(t, result, "This is a note")
 }
 
 func TestIndexPageContainsHFeedContainer(t *testing.T) {