diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2658d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 76904000..20ac2d40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ clean:
 	@rm marked.js
 	@rm marked.min.js
 
+bench:
+	@node test --bench
+
 .PHONY: clean all
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb8feff7..a1acf68e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ For those feeling skeptical: These benchmarks run the entire markdown test suite
 1000 times. The test suite tests every feature. It doesn't cater to specific
 aspects.
 
+node v0.8.x
+
+``` bash
+$ node test --bench
+marked completed in 3411ms.
+marked (gfm) completed in 3727ms.
+marked (pedantic) completed in 3201ms.
+robotskirt completed in 808ms.
+showdown (reuse converter) completed in 11954ms.
+showdown (new converter) completed in 17774ms.
+markdown-js completed in 17191ms.
+```
+
 ## Install
 
 ``` bash
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a71165d..48b8284e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@
   "bugs": { "url": "http://github.com/chjj/marked/issues" },
   "keywords": ["markdown", "markup", "html"],
   "tags": ["markdown", "markup", "html"],
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "markdown": "*",
+    "showdown": "*",
+    "robotskirt": "*"
+  },
   "scripts": { "test": "node test", "bench": "node test --bench" }
 }
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index d2d7a593..9059b573 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -237,13 +237,16 @@ function runBench(options) {
   }
   bench('marked (pedantic)', marked);
 
-  // Discount
-  var discount = require('discount').parse;
-  bench('discount', discount);
+  // robotskirt
+  var rs = require('robotskirt');
+  bench('robotskirt', function(text) {
+    var parser = rs.Markdown.std();
+    return parser.render(text);
+  });
 
   // Showdown (Reusing the converter)
   var showdown = (function() {
-    var Showdown = require('showdown').Showdown;
+    var Showdown = require('showdown');
     var convert = new Showdown.converter();
     return function(text) {
       return convert.makeHtml(text);
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ function runBench(options) {
 
   // Showdown
   var showdown_slow = (function() {
-    var Showdown = require('showdown').Showdown;
+    var Showdown = require('showdown');
     return function(text) {
       var convert = new Showdown.converter();
       return convert.makeHtml(text);
@@ -263,9 +266,7 @@ function runBench(options) {
 
   // markdown-js
   var markdownjs = require('markdown');
-  bench('markdown-js', function(text) {
-    markdownjs.parse(text);
-  });
+  bench('markdown-js', markdownjs.parse);
 }
 
 /**