diff --git a/source/generate/parseMarkdown.ts b/source/generate/parseMarkdown.ts
index 0593ddd..4078f67 100644
--- a/source/generate/parseMarkdown.ts
+++ b/source/generate/parseMarkdown.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import markdownItSub from "markdown-it-sub" // markdown subscript
 import markdownItSup from "markdown-it-sup" // markdown superscript
 import highlightLines from "markdown-it-highlight-lines" // highlighting specific lines in code blocks
 
+import toc from "markdown-toc" // table of contents generation
 import hljs from "highlight.js" // code block syntax highlighting
 import katex from "katex" // rendering mathematical expression
 import "katex/contrib/mhchem" // chemical formula
@@ -47,3 +48,7 @@ export default function parseMarkdown(markdownRaw: string): string {
 		md.render(markdownRaw.slice(nthIndex(markdownRaw, "---", 2) + 3)) || ""
 	)
 }
+
+export function generateToc(markdownRaw: string): string {
+	return md.render(toc(markdownRaw).content)
+}
diff --git a/source/generate/recursiveParse.ts b/source/generate/recursiveParse.ts
index 1e0a966..37c356d 100644
--- a/source/generate/recursiveParse.ts
+++ b/source/generate/recursiveParse.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import fs from "fs"
 import readTimeEstimate from "read-time-estimate" // post read time estimation
 import matter from "gray-matter" // parse markdown metadata
-import toc from "markdown-toc" // table of contents generation
 import { JSDOM } from "jsdom" // HTML DOM parsing
 
 import { nthIndex, path2FileOrFolderName, path2URL, writeToJSON } from "./util"
-import parseMarkdown from "./parseMarkdown"
+import parseMarkdown, { generateToc } from "./parseMarkdown"
 
 import { contentDirectoryPath } from "./config"
 import { addDocument } from "./searchIndex"
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ function parsePost(data: DataToPass): void {
 		`${contentDirectoryPath}${urlPath}.json`,
 		JSON.stringify({
 			content: markdownData.content,
-			toc: toc(markdownRaw).json,
+			toc: generateToc(markdownRaw),
 		})
 	)
 }
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ function parseSeries(data: DataToPass): void {
 		`${contentDirectoryPath}${urlPath}.json`,
 		JSON.stringify({
 			content: markdownData.content,
-			toc: toc(markdownRaw).json,
+			toc: generateToc(markdownRaw),
 		})
 	)
 }
diff --git a/source/src/pages/Page/Toc.tsx b/source/src/pages/Page/Toc.tsx
index 5c2bca5..a2401b5 100644
--- a/source/src/pages/Page/Toc.tsx
+++ b/source/src/pages/Page/Toc.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import styled from "styled-components"
 
 import theming from "../../styles/theming"
 
-import { FetchedPage } from "../../../types/typing"
-
 const StyledTocToggleButton = styled.button`
+	cursor: pointer;
 	border: none;
 	text-align: left;
 	background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ const StyledCollapseContainer = styled.div`
 	}
 `
 
-const Toc = (props: { fetchedPage: FetchedPage }) => {
+const Toc = (props: { data?: string }) => {
 	const [isTocOpened, setIsTocOpened] = useState(
 		storage.getItem("isTocOpened") == "true"
 	)
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ const Toc = (props: { fetchedPage: FetchedPage }) => {
 		storage.setItem("isTocOpened", isTocOpened.toString())
 	}, [isTocOpened])
 
+	if (!props.data) return <></>
+
 	return (
 		<>
 			<StyledTocToggleButton
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const Toc = (props: { fetchedPage: FetchedPage }) => {
 			</StyledTocToggleButton>
 			<StyledCollapseContainer>
 				<Collapse isOpened={isTocOpened}>
-					<div>{props.fetchedPage.toc}</div>
+					<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: props.data }} />
 				</Collapse>
 			</StyledCollapseContainer>
 			<hr />
diff --git a/source/src/pages/Page/index.tsx b/source/src/pages/Page/index.tsx
index 18eb9a2..2f86029 100644
--- a/source/src/pages/Page/index.tsx
+++ b/source/src/pages/Page/index.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { useState } from "react"
 import { Helmet } from "react-helmet-async"
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom"
 import styled from "styled-components"
-import { HashLink } from "react-router-hash-link"
 
-import { TocElement, FetchedPage, Map } from "../../../types/typing"
+import { FetchedPage, Map } from "../../../types/typing"
 
 import MainContent from "../../components/MainContent"
 import Loading from "../../components/Loading"
@@ -29,21 +28,6 @@ const StyledTitle = styled.h1`
 	margin-bottom: 1rem;
 `
 
-function parseToc(tocData: TocElement[]) {
-	return (
-		<ol>
-			{tocData.map((elem) => (
-				// use elem.lvl
-				<li key={elem.slug}>
-					<HashLink smooth to={location.pathname + "#" + elem.slug}>
-						{elem.content}
-					</HashLink>
-				</li>
-			))}
-		</ol>
-	)
-}
-
 interface SeriesData {
 	seriesHome: string
 	prev?: string
@@ -118,23 +102,14 @@ const Page = () => {
 		}
 
 		fetchContent(_isUnsearchable, url).then((fetched_content) => {
-			fetchedPage.content = fetched_content.content
-				? fetched_content.content
-				: "No content"
+			fetchedPage.content = fetched_content.content || "No content"
 			fetchedPage.toc = fetched_content.toc
-				? parseToc(fetched_content.toc)
-				: undefined
 			fetchedPage.title = _isUnsearchable
 				? map.unsearchable[url].title
-				: fetchedPage?.title
-				? fetchedPage.title
-				: "No title"
+				: fetchedPage?.title || "No title"
 
-			if (!_isUnsearchable) {
-				fetchedPage.date = fetchedPage?.date
-					? fetchedPage.date
-					: "Unknown date"
-			}
+			if (!_isUnsearchable)
+				fetchedPage.date = fetchedPage?.date || "Unknown date"
 
 			setIsSeries(_isSeries)
 			setFetchPage(fetchedPage)
@@ -193,9 +168,7 @@ const Page = () => {
 				<hr />
 
 				{/* add table of contents if it exists */}
-				{!!fetchedPage.toc?.props.children.length && (
-					<Toc fetchedPage={fetchedPage} />
-				)}
+				<Toc data={fetchedPage.toc} />
 
 				{/* page content */}
 				<div
diff --git a/source/types/markdown-toc.d.ts b/source/types/markdown-toc.d.ts
index eeb9e52..2bdc59f 100644
--- a/source/types/markdown-toc.d.ts
+++ b/source/types/markdown-toc.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 declare module "markdown-toc" {
-	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-	export default function toc(str: string): { json: JSON }
+	export default function toc(str: string): {
+		json: JSON
+		content: string
+	}
 }
diff --git a/source/types/typing.ts b/source/types/typing.ts
index 0046da3..3b46a60 100644
--- a/source/types/typing.ts
+++ b/source/types/typing.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ export enum ParseMode {
 	UNSEARCHABLE,
 }
 
-export interface TocElement {
-	slug: string
-	content: string
-	i: number
-	lvl: number
-}
-
 export interface Base {}
 
 export interface PostData {
@@ -37,7 +30,7 @@ export interface FetchedPage {
 	readTime: string
 	wordCount: number
 	tags: string[]
-	toc?: JSX.Element
+	toc?: string
 	content: string
 }