diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 2150f633b6..034b2e7c84 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ disableLanguages = ["hi", "it", "no"]
 [blackfriday]
 hrefTargetBlank = true
 fractions = false
+smartDashes = false
 
 [frontmatter]
 date = ["date", ":filename", "publishDate", "lastmod"]