diff --git a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
index 8ab8751a9..2f03b8005 100644
--- a/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/markdown/config.el
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         markdown-gfm-additional-languages '("sh")
         markdown-fontify-code-blocks-natively t
         markdown-hide-urls nil ; trigger with `markdown-toggle-url-hiding'
-        markdown-enable-math ; syntax highlighting for latex fragments
+        markdown-enable-math t; syntax highlighting for latex fragments
         markdown-gfm-uppercase-checkbox t ; for compat with org-mode
         markdown-header-scaling t) ; fontify section headers