diff --git a/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_markdownify.py b/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_markdownify.py
index 679d9fd..1af03be 100644
--- a/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_markdownify.py
+++ b/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_markdownify.py
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ class _CustomMarkdownify(markdownify.MarkdownConverter):
         title_part = ' "%s"' % title.replace('"', r"\"") if title else ""
 
         if "image" in self.config.modalities:
+            # Handle data URIs - remove any literal \n characters
+            if src.startswith("data:"):
+                # Replace literal \n with empty string
+                src = src.replace('\\n', '')
+                # Also remove actual newlines and whitespace
+                src = src.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '').strip()
+            
             return "![%s](%s%s)" % (alt, src, title_part)
         else:
             return alt
diff --git a/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_pdf_converter.py b/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_pdf_converter.py
index dc1f817..a825801 100644
--- a/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_pdf_converter.py
+++ b/packages/markitup/src/markitup/converters/_pdf_converter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import base64
 
 from .._base_converter import DocumentConverter, DocumentConverterResult
 from .._schemas import StreamInfo, Config
-
+from ._html_converter import HtmlConverter
 import fitz
 
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class PdfConverter(DocumentConverter):
 
     def __init__(self, config: Config):
         self.config = config
+        self._html_converter = HtmlConverter(config=config)
 
     def convert(
         self,
@@ -27,38 +28,17 @@ class PdfConverter(DocumentConverter):
 
         # Extract text and images from all pages
         markdown_content = ""
-        image_count = 0
+
         for page_num in range(len(doc)):
             page = doc.load_page(page_num)
 
             # Get text with the default "text" mode which gives plain text
-            page_text = page.get_text("text")
+            page_text = page.get_text("html")
             # Add page marker
             markdown_content += f"\n\n## Page {page_num + 1}\n\n"
-            markdown_content += page_text + "\n\n"
-
-            # Extract images from the page
-            image_list = page.get_images(full=True)
-            if 'image' in self.config.modalities:
-                for img_index, img_info in enumerate(image_list):
-                    xref = img_info[0]  # Get the image reference
-                    base_image = doc.extract_image(xref)
-
-                    if base_image:
-                        image_bytes = base_image["image"]
-                        image_ext = base_image["ext"]
-
-                        try:
-                            # Convert image to base64 for markdown embedding
-                            img_base64 = base64.b64encode(
-                                image_bytes).decode('utf-8')
-                            # Add image to markdown with a unique identifier
-                            image_count += 1
-                            markdown_content += f"![Image {image_count}](data:image/{image_ext};base64,{img_base64})\n\n"
-                        except Exception as e:
-                            markdown_content += f"*[Error processing image {image_count}: {str(e)}]*\n\n"
-            else:
-                markdown_content += f"{len(image_list)} images not shown here due to model not supporting image input\n\n"
+            html_conterted_md = self._html_converter.convert_string(page_text)
+            markdown_content += html_conterted_md.markdown
+            markdown_content += "\n\n"
         # Close the document to free resources
         doc.close()
         return DocumentConverterResult(
diff --git a/packages/markitup/tests/test_files/deep.pdf b/packages/markitup/tests/test_files/deep.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b253eb2
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