diff --git a/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/schemas.ts b/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/schemas.ts
index 91bfcd8..ae3983f 100644
--- a/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/schemas.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,26 @@
 import z from "zod"
 
-export const RecipeStepSchema = z
-  .union([z.string(), z.object({ text: z.string() })])
-  .transform((input): string => {
-    if (typeof input === "string") return input
-    return input.text
-  })
+type Step = {
+  "@context": string;
+  "@type": string;
+  text: string;
+};
+
+function beautifyInstructions(input: string): string {
+  const sections = input.split(/\n\n+/);
+  
+  const formattedSections = sections.map((section, index) => {
+      const numberedSection = section.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
+      return `${index + 1}. ${numberedSection}`;
+  });
+
+  return formattedSections.map(section => `<p>${section}</p>`).join('');
+}
+
+export function StepsSchema(steps: string | Step[]){
+  if (typeof steps === "string") return beautifyInstructions(steps);
+  return beautifyInstructions(steps.map(step => step.text).join('\n\n')); 
+}
 
 const baseUrlSchema = z.union([z.string(), z.object({ url: z.string() })])
 export const RecipeImageUrlSchema = z
diff --git a/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/scraper.ts b/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/scraper.ts
index c95f1b6..eb73f15 100644
--- a/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/scraper.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/modules/recipes/service/scraper.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   ExtractNumberSchema,
   JsonLdRecipeSchema,
   RecipeImageUrlSchema,
-  RecipeStepSchema,
+  StepsSchema,
 } from "~/server/api/modules/recipes/service/schemas"
 import { InsertIngredient, InsertRecipe } from "~/server/db/schema"
 import { JSDOM } from "jsdom"
@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ export async function hydrateRecipe(url: string) {
 
   const recipeData = getSchemaRecipeFromNodeList(nodeList)
 
-  const steps = RecipeStepSchema.array().safeParse(
-    recipeData.recipeInstructions
-  )
+  let steps: string = ""
+  try {
+      steps = StepsSchema(recipeData.recipeInstructions)
+    }
+  catch(e){
+      throw new Error("Could not parse steps")
+  }
 
   const ingredients: string[] = recipeData.recipeIngredient
     .flat()
@@ -100,10 +104,6 @@ export async function hydrateRecipe(url: string) {
 
   const image = RecipeImageUrlSchema.safeParse(recipeData.image)
 
-  if (!steps.success) {
-    throw new Error("Could not parse steps")
-  }
-
   const ings: Pick<InsertIngredient, "scrapedName">[] = ingredients.map(
     (a) => ({ scrapedName: a })
   )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export async function hydrateRecipe(url: string) {
   const recipe: InsertRecipe = {
     name: recipeData.name,
     url,
-    steps: steps.data.join("\n"),
+    steps: steps,
     imageUrl: image.success ? image.data : undefined,
     servings: servings.success ? servings.data : undefined,
   }