diff --git a/ietf/meeting/views.py b/ietf/meeting/views.py
index fe12e3faa..3e7b89d58 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/views.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/views.py
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ def materials_document(request, document, num=None, ext=None):
                     content_type = content_type.replace("plain", "markdown", 1)
                     break
                 elif atype[0] == "text/html":
-                    bytes = render(
-                        request,
+                    bytes = render_to_string(
                         "minimal.html",
                         {
                             "content": markdown.markdown(bytes.decode(encoding=chset)),