diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 81c00934..64331052 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ examples-temp
 node_modules
 pnpm-global
 TODOs.md
+*.timestamp-*.mjs
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
index 0d75b6ce..199980ba 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ export const createMarkdownRenderer = async (
 
   md.linkify.set({ fuzzyLink: false })
 
+  // disable entity decode/escape from markdown-it, as the Vue compiler already
+  // decodes them.
+  md.disable('entity')
+  md.renderer.rules.text = (tokens, idx) => tokens[idx].content
+
   if (options.preConfig) {
     options.preConfig(md)
   }
@@ -292,10 +297,5 @@ export const createMarkdownRenderer = async (
     options.config(md)
   }
 
-  // disable entity decode/escape from markdown-it, as the Vue compiler already
-  // decodes them.
-  md.disable('entity')
-  md.renderer.rules.text = (tokens, idx) => tokens[idx].content
-
   return md
 }