diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 41bb7c760..8f7006537 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "class-transformer": "^0.2.3",
     "class-validator": "^0.12.2",
     "connect-typeorm": "^1.1.4",
+    "raw-body": "^2.4.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "rxjs": "^6.5.4",
diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
index 7d64834ff..33d23bfd3 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,50 @@
 import {
+  BadRequestException,
   Body,
   Controller,
   Delete,
   Get,
   Header,
+  Logger,
   Param,
   Post,
   Put,
+  Req,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Request } from 'express';
+import * as getRawBody from 'raw-body';
 import { NotePermissionsUpdateDto } from '../../../notes/note-permissions.dto';
 import { NotesService } from '../../../notes/notes.service';
 import { RevisionsService } from '../../../revisions/revisions.service';
 
 @Controller('notes')
 export class NotesController {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(NotesController.name);
+
   constructor(
     private noteService: NotesService,
     private revisionsService: RevisionsService,
   ) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Extract the raw markdown from the request body and create a new note with it
+   *
+   * Implementation inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52283713/how-do-i-pass-plain-text-as-my-request-body-using-nestjs
+   */
   @Post()
-  createNote(@Body() noteContent: string) {
-    return this.noteService.createNote(noteContent);
+  @Header('content-type', 'text/markdown')
+  async createNote(@Req() req: Request) {
+    // we have to check req.readable because of raw-body issue #57
+    // https://github.com/stream-utils/raw-body/issues/57
+    if (req.readable) {
+      let bodyText: string = await getRawBody(req, 'utf-8');
+      bodyText = bodyText.trim();
+      this.logger.debug('Got raw markdown:\n' + bodyText);
+      return this.noteService.createNote(bodyText);
+    } else {
+      // TODO: Better error message
+      throw new BadRequestException('Invalid body');
+    }
   }
 
   @Get(':noteIdOrAlias')
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1dd3417ae..bfe54b370 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3622,7 +3622,7 @@ http-errors@1.7.2:
     statuses ">= 1.5.0 < 2"
     toidentifier "1.0.0"
 
-http-errors@~1.7.2:
+http-errors@1.7.3, http-errors@~1.7.2:
   version "1.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.7.3.tgz#6c619e4f9c60308c38519498c14fbb10aacebb06"
   integrity sha512-ZTTX0MWrsQ2ZAhA1cejAwDLycFsd7I7nVtnkT3Ol0aqodaKW+0CTZDQ1uBv5whptCnc8e8HeRRJxRs0kmm/Qfw==
@@ -5944,6 +5944,16 @@ raw-body@2.4.0:
     iconv-lite "0.4.24"
     unpipe "1.0.0"
 
+raw-body@^2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.4.1.tgz#30ac82f98bb5ae8c152e67149dac8d55153b168c"
+  integrity sha512-9WmIKF6mkvA0SLmA2Knm9+qj89e+j1zqgyn8aXGd7+nAduPoqgI9lO57SAZNn/Byzo5P7JhXTyg9PzaJbH73bA==
+  dependencies:
+    bytes "3.1.0"
+    http-errors "1.7.3"
+    iconv-lite "0.4.24"
+    unpipe "1.0.0"
+
 rc@^1.2.7:
   version "1.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rc/-/rc-1.2.8.tgz#cd924bf5200a075b83c188cd6b9e211b7fc0d3ed"