"NEW INLINE:  W1: [1 2 3 4 5]",
                                        "INLINE IN INNER: Inner: W2: [1 2 3 4]",
                                        "REUSED INLINE IN INNER: Inner: W1: [1 2 3]",
-                                       `<li><a href="#markdown-delimiter-hugo-rocks">MARKDOWN DELIMITER: Hugo Rocks!</a></li>`,
+                                       `<li><a href="#markdown-delimiter-hugo-rocks">MARKDOWN DELIMITER: <strong>Hugo Rocks!</strong></a></li>`,
                                }
 
                                if enableInlineShortcodes {
 
 func newMarkdown(pcfg converter.ProviderConfig) goldmark.Markdown {
        mcfg := pcfg.MarkupConfig
        cfg := pcfg.MarkupConfig.Goldmark
-
-       var (
-               extensions = []goldmark.Extender{
-                       newLinks(),
-                       newTocExtension(),
-               }
-               rendererOptions []renderer.Option
-               parserOptions   []parser.Option
-       )
+       var rendererOptions []renderer.Option
 
        if cfg.Renderer.HardWraps {
                rendererOptions = append(rendererOptions, html.WithHardWraps())
                rendererOptions = append(rendererOptions, html.WithUnsafe())
        }
 
+       var (
+               extensions = []goldmark.Extender{
+                       newLinks(),
+                       newTocExtension(rendererOptions),
+               }
+               parserOptions []parser.Option
+       )
+
        if mcfg.Highlight.CodeFences {
                extensions = append(extensions, newHighlighting(mcfg.Highlight))
        }
 
        "github.com/yuin/goldmark"
        "github.com/yuin/goldmark/ast"
        "github.com/yuin/goldmark/parser"
+       "github.com/yuin/goldmark/renderer"
        "github.com/yuin/goldmark/text"
        "github.com/yuin/goldmark/util"
 )
 )
 
 type tocTransformer struct {
+       r renderer.Renderer
 }
 
 func (t *tocTransformer) Transform(n *ast.Document, reader text.Reader, pc parser.Context) {
                        if found {
                                header.ID = string(id.([]byte))
                        }
-               case ast.KindText, ast.KindString:
-                       headingText.Write(n.Text(reader.Source()))
+               case
+                       ast.KindCodeSpan,
+                       ast.KindLink,
+                       ast.KindImage,
+                       ast.KindEmphasis:
+                       err := t.r.Render(&headingText, reader.Source(), n)
+                       if err != nil {
+                               return s, err
+                       }
+
+                       return ast.WalkSkipChildren, nil
+               case
+                       ast.KindAutoLink,
+                       ast.KindRawHTML,
+                       ast.KindText,
+                       ast.KindString:
+                       err := t.r.Render(&headingText, reader.Source(), n)
+                       if err != nil {
+                               return s, err
+                       }
                }
 
                return s, nil
 }
 
 type tocExtension struct {
+       options []renderer.Option
 }
 
-func newTocExtension() goldmark.Extender {
-       return &tocExtension{}
+func newTocExtension(options []renderer.Option) goldmark.Extender {
+       return &tocExtension{
+               options: options,
+       }
 }
 
 func (e *tocExtension) Extend(m goldmark.Markdown) {
-       m.Parser().AddOptions(parser.WithASTTransformers(util.Prioritized(&tocTransformer{}, 10)))
+       r := goldmark.DefaultRenderer()
+       r.AddOptions(e.options...)
+       m.Parser().AddOptions(parser.WithASTTransformers(util.Prioritized(&tocTransformer{
+               r: r,
+       }, 10)))
 }
 
 package goldmark
 
 import (
+       "strings"
        "testing"
 
        "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/markup_config"
   </ul>
 </nav>`, qt.Commentf(got))
 }
+
+func TestEscapeToc(t *testing.T) {
+       c := qt.New(t)
+
+       defaultConfig := markup_config.Default
+
+       safeConfig := defaultConfig
+       unsafeConfig := defaultConfig
+
+       safeConfig.Goldmark.Renderer.Unsafe = false
+       unsafeConfig.Goldmark.Renderer.Unsafe = true
+
+       safeP, _ := Provider.New(
+               converter.ProviderConfig{
+                       MarkupConfig: safeConfig,
+                       Logger:       loggers.NewErrorLogger(),
+               })
+       unsafeP, _ := Provider.New(
+               converter.ProviderConfig{
+                       MarkupConfig: unsafeConfig,
+                       Logger:       loggers.NewErrorLogger(),
+               })
+       safeConv, _ := safeP.New(converter.DocumentContext{})
+       unsafeConv, _ := unsafeP.New(converter.DocumentContext{})
+
+       content := strings.Join([]string{
+               "# A < B & C > D",
+               "# A < B & C > D <div>foo</div>",
+               "# *EMPHASIS*",
+               "# `echo codeblock`",
+       }, "\n")
+       // content := ""
+       b, err := safeConv.Convert(converter.RenderContext{Src: []byte(content), RenderTOC: true})
+       c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+       got := b.(converter.TableOfContentsProvider).TableOfContents().ToHTML(1, 2, false)
+       c.Assert(got, qt.Equals, `<nav id="TableOfContents">
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#a--b--c--d">A < B & C > D</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#a--b--c--d-divfoodiv">A < B & C > D <!-- raw HTML omitted -->foo<!-- raw HTML omitted --></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#emphasis"><em>EMPHASIS</em></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#echo-codeblock"><code>echo codeblock</code></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</nav>`, qt.Commentf(got))
+
+       b, err = unsafeConv.Convert(converter.RenderContext{Src: []byte(content), RenderTOC: true})
+       c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+       got = b.(converter.TableOfContentsProvider).TableOfContents().ToHTML(1, 2, false)
+       c.Assert(got, qt.Equals, `<nav id="TableOfContents">
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="#a--b--c--d">A < B & C > D</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#a--b--c--d-divfoodiv">A < B & C > D <div>foo</div></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#emphasis"><em>EMPHASIS</em></a></li>
+    <li><a href="#echo-codeblock"><code>echo codeblock</code></a></li>
+  </ul>
+</nav>`, qt.Commentf(got))
+}