diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 71d2693a9..4633936df 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "less": "^3.13.1",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "marked": "15.0.8",
+        "marked-alignment-paragraphs": "^1.0.0",
         "marked-emoji": "^2.0.0",
         "marked-extended-tables": "^2.0.1",
         "marked-gfm-heading-id": "^4.0.1",
@@ -9979,6 +9980,15 @@
         "node": ">= 18"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/marked-alignment-paragraphs": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked-alignment-paragraphs/-/marked-alignment-paragraphs-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-e+X+vUt9oteG4I0+29ZvTjrNEvB2/uo/Dhczu+Nq0shITA3oqYmTercT25mq+2mfJQQn7xiJGXPmDmBSFgotIA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "marked": ">=3 <16"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/marked-emoji": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked-emoji/-/marked-emoji-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a98cf59ff..4eb617d7c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
     "marked-emoji": "^2.0.0",
     "marked-extended-tables": "^2.0.1",
     "marked-gfm-heading-id": "^4.0.1",
+    "marked-alignment-paragraphs": "^1.0.0",
     "marked-nonbreaking-spaces": "^1.0.1",
     "marked-smartypants-lite": "^1.0.3",
     "marked-subsuper-text": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
index 6f5fa6fc6..a9740652b 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import MarkedExtendedTables     from 'marked-extended-tables';
 import { markedSmartypantsLite as MarkedSmartypantsLite }                                from 'marked-smartypants-lite';
 import { gfmHeadingId as MarkedGFMHeadingId, resetHeadings as MarkedGFMResetHeadingIDs } from 'marked-gfm-heading-id';
 import { markedEmoji as MarkedEmojis }                                                   from 'marked-emoji';
+import MarkedAlignedParagraphs 														                               from 'marked-alignment-paragraphs';
 import MarkedNonbreakingSpaces                                                           from 'marked-nonbreaking-spaces';
 import MarkedSubSuperText from 'marked-subsuper-text';
 import { romanize } from 'romans';
@@ -388,42 +389,6 @@ const mustacheInjectBlock = {
 	}
 };
 
-const justifiedParagraphClasses = [];
-justifiedParagraphClasses[2] = 'Left';
-justifiedParagraphClasses[4] = 'Right';
-justifiedParagraphClasses[6] = 'Center';
-
-const justifiedParagraphs = {
-	name  : 'justifiedParagraphs',
-	level : 'block',
-	start(src) {
-		return src.match(/\n(?:-:|:-|-:) {1}/m)?.index;
-	},  // Hint to Marked.js to stop and check for a match
-	tokenizer(src, tokens) {
-		const regex  = /^(((:-))|((-:))|((:-:))) .+(\n(([^\n].*\n)*(\n|$))|$)/ygm;
-		const match = regex.exec(src);
-		if(match?.length) {
-			let whichJustify;
-			if(match[2]?.length) whichJustify = 2;
-			if(match[4]?.length) whichJustify = 4;
-			if(match[6]?.length) whichJustify = 6;
-			return {
-				type   : 'justifiedParagraphs', // Should match "name" above
-				raw    : match[0],     // Text to consume from the source
-				length : match[whichJustify].length,
-				text   : match[0].slice(match[whichJustify].length),
-				class  : justifiedParagraphClasses[whichJustify],
-				tokens : this.lexer.inlineTokens(match[0].slice(match[whichJustify].length + 1))
-			};
-		}
-	},
-	renderer(token) {
-		return `<p align="${token.class}">${this.parser.parseInline(token.tokens)}</p>`;
-	}
-
-};
-
-
 const forcedParagraphBreaks = {
 	name  : 'hardBreaks',
 	level : 'block',
@@ -800,9 +765,10 @@ const tableTerminators = [
 ];
 
 Marked.use(MarkedVariables());
-Marked.use({ extensions : [justifiedParagraphs, definitionListsMultiLine, definitionListsSingleLine, forcedParagraphBreaks,
+Marked.use({ extensions : [definitionListsMultiLine, definitionListsSingleLine, forcedParagraphBreaks,
 	mustacheSpans, mustacheDivs, mustacheInjectInline] });
 Marked.use(mustacheInjectBlock);
+Marked.use(MarkedAlignedParagraphs());
 Marked.use(MarkedSubSuperText());
 Marked.use(MarkedNonbreakingSpaces());
 Marked.use({ renderer: renderer, tokenizer: tokenizer, mangle: false });