diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6338cc4..b4923b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+## MarkX 0.1.2:
+
+Minor performance improvements:
+
+* Directly using Markdig (#38)
+* Preferring `[IO.File]::Exists` (#42)
+
+---
+
 ## MarkX 0.1.1:
 
 * MarkX Help (#26)
diff --git a/MarkX.psd1 b/MarkX.psd1
index cc90e7c..42fc14a 100644
--- a/MarkX.psd1
+++ b/MarkX.psd1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 RootModule = 'MarkX.psm1'
 
 # Version number of this module.
-ModuleVersion = '0.1.1'
+ModuleVersion = '0.1.2'
 
 # Supported PSEditions
 # CompatiblePSEditions = @()
@@ -63,18 +63,12 @@ PrivateData = @{
 
         # ReleaseNotes of this module
         ReleaseNotes = @'
-## MarkX 0.1.1:
-
-* MarkX Help (#26)
-* MarkX now accepts commands / help (#27)
-* MarkX.Headings gets heading elements (#29)
-* MarkX.Lexicon gets lexicons in Markdown (#25)
-* MarkX.YamlHeader support (#32, #33)
-* Allowing piped markdown file input (#34)
-* MarkX.Code gets code within markdown (#30)
-* MarkX.CodeBlock gets code blocks within markdown (#31)
-* MarkX.ToString can now stringify any property (#35)
-* MarkX formatting (#36)
+## MarkX 0.1.2:
+
+Minor performance improvements:
+
+* Directly using Markdig (#38)
+* Preferring `[IO.File]::Exists` (#42)
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/MarkX.types.ps1xml b/MarkX.types.ps1xml
index d8170ec..0a99c26 100644
--- a/MarkX.types.ps1xml
+++ b/MarkX.types.ps1xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         <Name>Sync</Name>
         <Script>
                         $currentRows = @()
+
 $allMarkdown = @(:nextInput foreach ($md in $this.Input) {    
     if ($md -isnot [string]) {
         # If the markdown was a file
@@ -141,7 +142,10 @@ $allMarkdown = @(:nextInput foreach ($md in $this.Input) {
     }
 
     if ($md -match '(?&gt;\.md|markdown)$' -and
-        (Test-Path $md -ErrorAction Ignore)
+        (
+            [IO.File]::Exists("$md") -or 
+            (Test-Path $md -ErrorAction Ignore)
+        )        
     ) {
         $md = Get-Content -Raw $md
     }
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ $allMarkdown = @(foreach ($md in $allMarkdown) {
     if ($md -match '^---') {
         $null, $yamlheader, $restOfMakdown = $md -split '---', 3
         if ($yamlheader) {
-            $yamlHeaders+= $yamlheader            
+            $yamlHeaders+= $yamlheader
         }
         $restOfMakdown
     } else {
@@ -191,11 +195,12 @@ $Markdown = $this.'#Markdown'
 
 if (-not $Markdown) { return }
 
+$mdPipelineBuilder = [Markdig.MarkdownPipelineBuilder]::new()
+$mdPipeline = [Markdig.MarkdownExtensions]::UsePipeTables($mdPipelineBuilder).Build()
+
 $this | 
     Add-Member NoteProperty '#HTML' (
-        $Markdown | 
-            ConvertFrom-Markdown | 
-            Select-Object -ExpandProperty Html
+        [Markdig.Markdown]::ToHtml($markdown, $mdPipeline)
     ) -Force
 
 $this | 
diff --git a/Types/MarkX/Sync.ps1 b/Types/MarkX/Sync.ps1
index affd14d..fad0730 100644
--- a/Types/MarkX/Sync.ps1
+++ b/Types/MarkX/Sync.ps1
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 $currentRows = @()
+
 $allMarkdown = @(:nextInput foreach ($md in $this.Input) {    
     if ($md -isnot [string]) {
         # If the markdown was a file
@@ -105,7 +106,10 @@ $allMarkdown = @(:nextInput foreach ($md in $this.Input) {
     }
 
     if ($md -match '(?>\.md|markdown)$' -and
-        (Test-Path $md -ErrorAction Ignore)
+        (
+            [IO.File]::Exists("$md") -or 
+            (Test-Path $md -ErrorAction Ignore)
+        )        
     ) {
         $md = Get-Content -Raw $md
     }
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ $allMarkdown = @(foreach ($md in $allMarkdown) {
     if ($md -match '^---') {
         $null, $yamlheader, $restOfMakdown = $md -split '---', 3
         if ($yamlheader) {
-            $yamlHeaders+= $yamlheader            
+            $yamlHeaders+= $yamlheader
         }
         $restOfMakdown
     } else {
@@ -155,11 +159,12 @@ $Markdown = $this.'#Markdown'
 
 if (-not $Markdown) { return }
 
+$mdPipelineBuilder = [Markdig.MarkdownPipelineBuilder]::new()
+$mdPipeline = [Markdig.MarkdownExtensions]::UsePipeTables($mdPipelineBuilder).Build()
+
 $this | 
     Add-Member NoteProperty '#HTML' (
-        $Markdown | 
-            ConvertFrom-Markdown | 
-            Select-Object -ExpandProperty Html
+        [Markdig.Markdown]::ToHtml($markdown, $mdPipeline)
     ) -Force
 
 $this |