diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index c9e102e..ec07de3 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ tasks:
 
   command: |
     /workspace/conda/bin/mamba init bash
+    wget https://github.com/swsnr/mdcat/releases/download/mdcat-2.0.3/mdcat-2.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
+    tar -zxvf mdcat-2.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
+    export PATH=/mdcat-2.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/mdcat:$PATH'
+    rm mdcat-2.0.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
 
     echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/workspace/conda/envs/cactus_env/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH;
     export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/workspace/conda/envs/cactus_env/include;