diff --git a/aerc/aerc.conf b/aerc/aerc.conf
index ef52595..ea97213 100644
--- a/aerc/aerc.conf
+++ b/aerc/aerc.conf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ address-book-cmd=khard email --parsable --remove-first-line %s
 header-layout=To|From,Cc|Bcc,Subject
 
 [multipart-converters]
-text/html=pandoc -f markdown -t html --standalone
+text/html=pandoc -f markdown -t html
 
 [filters]
 text/plain=colorize