AngularJS Markdown directive with Showdown

mainApp.directive('markdown', function (){
    //console.log("evaluating markdown");
    var converter = new Showdown.converter();
    return {
        restrict: 'AEC',
        link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
        //console.log("evaluating markdown 2");
		var htmlText = converter.makeHtml(element.text() || '');
		element.html(htmlText);
        }
    };
});