diff --git a/backend/app/parsing.py b/backend/app/parsing.py
index b13c4e61..9e47d9b7 100644
--- a/backend/app/parsing.py
+++ b/backend/app/parsing.py
@@ -1,12 +1,32 @@
 """Module contains logic for parsing binary blobs into text."""
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers import (
     BS4HTMLParser,
-    MarkdownParser,
     PDFMinerParser,
 )
+from langchain.text_splitter import MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers.generic import MimeTypeBasedParser
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers.msword import MsWordParser
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.parsers.txt import TextParser
+from langchain_core.document_loaders import BaseBlobParser
+from langchain_core.documents import Document
+
+
+class MarkdownParser(BaseBlobParser):
+    """Parser for Markdown blobs."""
+    def lazy_parse(self, blob: Blob) -> Iterator[Document]:  # type: ignore[valid-type]
+        """Lazily parse the blob."""
+        headers_to_split_on = [
+            ("#", "Header 1"),
+            ("##", "Header 2"),
+            ("###", "Header 3"),
+            ("###$", "Header 4"),
+            ("####", "Header 5"),
+            ("#####", "Header 6"),
+        ]
+        splitter = MarkdownHeaderTextSplitter(headers_to_split_on)
+        for doc in splitter.split_text(blob.as_string()):
+            yield doc
+
 
 HANDLERS = {
     "application/pdf": PDFMinerParser(),
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit_tests/fixtures/sample.md b/backend/tests/unit_tests/fixtures/sample.md
index 77128cfd..884d1821 100644
--- a/backend/tests/unit_tests/fixtures/sample.md
+++ b/backend/tests/unit_tests/fixtures/sample.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Heading 2
 
+Some text for heading 2.
+
 ### Heading 3
 
+Some text for heading 3.
+
 #### Heading 4
+
+Some text for heading 4.
\ No newline at end of file