diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/docs/changelog.md b/tools/server/public_simplechat/docs/changelog.md
index 4680eefd5c..017e975abb 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/docs/changelog.md
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ Chat Session specific settings
 * More flexibility to user wrt ExternalAi tool call ie ai calling ai
   * the user can change the default behaviour of tools being disabled and sliding window of 1
   * program restart will reset these back to the default
+* Ui module cleanup to avoid duplicated/unneeded boiler plates, including using updated jsdoc annotations
 * A simple minded basic Markdown to Html logic
 
 
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
index 9763b64f30..8f624d7191 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/readme.md
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ A lightweight simple minded ai chat client with a web front-end that supports mu
 
 - Client side Sliding window Context control, using `iRecentUserMsgCnt`, helps limit context sent to ai model
 
-- Optional auto trimming of trailing garbage from model outputs
+- Optional
+  - simple minded markdown parsing of chat message text contents (default)
+  - auto trimming of trailing garbage from model outputs
 
 - Follows responsive design to try adapt to any screen size
 
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
index 9b46a30c76..ef1237fee1 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.css
@@ -125,8 +125,11 @@ body {
     word-break: break-word;
     hyphens: auto;
 }
-.chat-message-content thead {
+.chat-message-content thead th {
     text-align: left;
+    background-color: lightgray;
+    /* padding-inline: 1vmin; */
+    border-radius: 0.4vmin;
 }
 .chat-message-content-live {
     overflow-wrap: break-word;
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
index 72008b936a..5a16d62d1f 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/simplechat.js
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ class MultiChatUI {
         }
         for (const [name, content] of showList) {
             if (content.length > 0) {
-                if (name == "content") {
+                if ((name == "content") && (this.simpleChats[chatId].cfg.chatProps.bMarkdown)) {
                     entry = document.createElement('div')
                     let md = new mMD.MarkDown()
                     md.process(content)
@@ -2105,6 +2105,7 @@ export class Config {
              * * only user messages following the latest system prompt is considered.
              */
             iRecentUserMsgCnt: 5,
+            bMarkdown: true,
             bCompletionFreshChatAlways: true,
             bCompletionInsertStandardRolePrefix: false,
             bTrimGarbage: true,
diff --git a/tools/server/public_simplechat/typemd.mjs b/tools/server/public_simplechat/typemd.mjs
index 4020d91e21..100ff04519 100644
--- a/tools/server/public_simplechat/typemd.mjs
+++ b/tools/server/public_simplechat/typemd.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 //
 
 
+/**
+ * A simple minded Markdown to Html convertor, which tries to support
+ * basic forms of the below in a simple, stupid and some cases in a semi rigid way.
+ * * headings
+ * * fenced code blocks / pres
+ * * unordered list
+ * * tables
+ * * horizontal line
+ */
 export class MarkDown {
 
     constructor() {
@@ -32,9 +41,9 @@ export class MarkDown {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Try extract a table from markdown content,
-     * one line at a time.
+     * Try extract a table from markdown content, one line at a time.
      * This is a imperfect logic, but should give a rough semblance of a table many a times.
+     * Purposefully allows for any text beyond table row end | marker to be shown.
      * @param {string} line
      */
     process_table_line(line) {