diff --git a/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.test.ts b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e466c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { markdownToHtmlNoImages } from './htmlMarkdownUtils';
+
+describe('markdownToHtmlNoImages', () => {
+  it('moves caption into table when caption immediately precedes table', () => {
+    const markdown = `<caption>My Table</caption>
+
+| Header |
+| --- |
+| Cell |`;
+    const html = markdownToHtmlNoImages(markdown);
+    // We expect the caption to be inside the table
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<table>\s*<caption>My Table<\/caption>/);
+  });
+
+  it('renders table correctly without caption', () => {
+    const markdown = `
+| Header |
+| --- |
+| Cell |`;
+    const html = markdownToHtmlNoImages(markdown);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<table>/);
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/<caption>/);
+    expect(html).toContain('Header');
+    expect(html).toContain('Cell');
+  });
+
+  it('moves caption with attributes into table', () => {
+    const markdown = `<caption style="color:red">My Table</caption>
+
+| Header |
+| --- |
+| Cell |`;
+    const html = markdownToHtmlNoImages(markdown);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/<table>\s*<caption style="color:red">My Table<\/caption>/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
index abb905b..b53ef5d 100644
--- a/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
+++ b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,21 @@ export function markdownToHTMLSafe({
 }
 
 export function markdownToHtmlNoImages(markdownString: string) {
-  const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(
-    marked.parse(markdownString, { async: false, pedantic: false, gfm: true })
-  ).replaceAll(/>[^<>]*<\/math>/g, "></math>");
+  const parsedHtml = marked.parse(markdownString, {
+    async: false,
+    pedantic: false,
+    gfm: true,
+  }) as string;
+
+  // Move caption inside table
+  const htmlWithCaptionInTable = parsedHtml.replace(
+    /(<caption[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/caption>)\s*(<table[^>]*>)/g,
+    "$2$1"
+  );
+
+  const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(htmlWithCaptionInTable).replaceAll(
+    />[^<>]*<\/math>/g,
+    "></math>"
+  );
   return clean;
 }