diff --git a/src/Downloader.ts b/src/Downloader.ts
index eb5c1504..d3d63e1a 100644
--- a/src/Downloader.ts
+++ b/src/Downloader.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import imageminWebp from 'imagemin-webp'
 import sharp from 'sharp'
 import http from 'http'
 import https from 'https'
+import semver from 'semver'
 
 import {
   normalizeMwResponse,
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export interface MWCapabilities {
   coordinatesAvailable: boolean
   desktopRestApiAvailable: boolean
   mobileRestApiAvailable: boolean
+  useParsoidApiAvailable: boolean
 }
 
 export const defaultStreamRequestOptions: AxiosRequestConfig = {
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ class Downloader {
       coordinatesAvailable: true,
       desktopRestApiAvailable: false,
       mobileRestApiAvailable: false,
+      useParsoidApiAvailable: false,
     }
 
     this.backoffOptions = {
@@ -216,7 +219,12 @@ class Downloader {
   }
 
   public async setBaseUrls() {
-    if (this.mwCapabilities.desktopRestApiAvailable) {
+    if (this.mwCapabilities.useParsoidApiAvailable) {
+      this.baseUrl = {
+        url: this.mw.useParsoidApiUrl.href,
+        type: ApiUrlType.UseParsoid,
+      }
+    } else if (this.mwCapabilities.desktopRestApiAvailable) {
       this.baseUrl = {
         url: this.mw.desktopRestApiUrl.href,
         type: ApiUrlType.DesktopRest,
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ class Downloader {
     // never use it for the main page, but use it for all the other pages.
     this.baseUrlForMainPage = this.baseUrl
 
-    if (this.mwCapabilities.mobileRestApiAvailable) {
+    if (this.mwCapabilities.mobileRestApiAvailable && this.baseUrl.type !== ApiUrlType.UseParsoid) {
       this.baseUrl = {
         url: this.mw.mobileRestApiUrl.href,
         type: ApiUrlType.MobileRest,
@@ -264,6 +272,7 @@ class Downloader {
     // accordingly. We need to set a default page (always there because
     // installed per default) to request the REST API, otherwise it would
     // fail the check.
+    this.mwCapabilities.useParsoidApiAvailable = semver.satisfies(this.mw.metaData.mwVersion, '>=1.41.0')
     this.mwCapabilities.mobileRestApiAvailable = await this.checkApiAvailabilty(this.mw.getMobileRestApiArticleUrl(testArticleId))
     this.mwCapabilities.desktopRestApiAvailable = await this.checkApiAvailabilty(this.mw.getDesktopRestApiArticleUrl(testArticleId))
     this.mwCapabilities.veApiAvailable = await this.checkApiAvailabilty(this.mw.getVeApiArticleUrl(testArticleId))
@@ -389,8 +398,7 @@ class Downloader {
   }
 
   public async getArticle(articleId: string, dump: Dump, articleDetailXId: RKVS<ArticleDetail>, articleDetail?: ArticleDetail): Promise<RenderedArticle[]> {
-    const isMainPage = dump.isMainPage(articleId)
-    const articleApiUrl: ApiUrl = this.getArticleApiUrl(articleId, isMainPage)
+    const articleApiUrl: ApiUrl = this.getArticleApiUrl(articleId, dump)
 
     logger.info(`Getting article [${articleId}] from ${articleApiUrl.url} with type ${articleApiUrl.type}`)
 
@@ -469,7 +477,8 @@ class Downloader {
     }
   }
 
-  private getArticleApiUrl(articleId: string, isMainPage: boolean): ApiUrl {
+  public getArticleApiUrl(articleId: string, dump: Dump): ApiUrl {
+    const isMainPage = dump.isMainPage(articleId)
     const apiUrl = isMainPage ? this.baseUrlForMainPage : this.baseUrl
     return {
       url: `${apiUrl.url}${encodeURIComponent(articleId)}`,
diff --git a/src/MediaWiki.ts b/src/MediaWiki.ts
index fa899f4b..3078a173 100644
--- a/src/MediaWiki.ts
+++ b/src/MediaWiki.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
   public readonly restApiUrl: URL
   public readonly mobileRestApiUrl: URL
   public readonly desktopRestApiUrl: URL
+  public readonly useParsoidApiUrl: URL
   public readonly getCategories: boolean
   public readonly namespaces: MWNamespaces = {}
   public readonly namespacesToMirror: string[] = []
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
   private readonly apiPath: string
   private readonly domain: string
   private readonly articleApiUrlBase: string
+  private readonly articleParsoidApiUrlBase: string
 
   constructor(config: MWConfig) {
     this.domain = config.domain || ''
@@ -49,9 +51,11 @@ class MediaWiki {
     this.restApiUrl = new URL(ensureTrailingChar(new URL(config.restApiPath ?? 'api/rest_v1', this.baseUrl.href).toString(), '/'))
     this.mobileRestApiUrl = new URL(ensureTrailingChar(new URL(config.restApiPath ?? 'api/rest_v1/page/mobile-sections', this.baseUrl.href).toString(), '/'))
     this.desktopRestApiUrl = new URL(ensureTrailingChar(new URL(config.restApiPath ?? 'api/rest_v1/page/html', this.baseUrl.href).toString(), '/'))
+    this.useParsoidApiUrl = new URL(`${this.apiUrl.href}action=parse&format=json&prop=text|revid&parsoid=1&formatversion=2&page=`)
 
     this.modulePath = `${urlParser.resolve(this.baseUrl.href, config.modulePath ?? 'w/load.php')}?`
     this.articleApiUrlBase = `${this.apiUrl.href}action=parse&format=json&prop=${encodeURI('modules|jsconfigvars|headhtml')}&page=`
+    this.articleParsoidApiUrlBase = `${this.apiUrl.href}action=parse&format=json&prop=${encodeURI('modules|jsconfigvars|headhtml|text')}&useparsoid=1&page=`
   }
 
   public async login(downloader: Downloader) {
@@ -101,8 +105,8 @@ class MediaWiki {
     return `${this.apiUrl.href}action=query&meta=siteinfo&format=json`
   }
 
-  public articleApiUrl(articleId: string): string {
-    return `${this.articleApiUrlBase}${encodeURIComponent(articleId)}`
+  public articleApiUrl(articleId: string, useParsoid: boolean): string {
+    return `${useParsoid ? this.articleParsoidApiUrlBase : this.articleApiUrlBase}${encodeURIComponent(articleId)}`
   }
 
   public subCategoriesApiUrl(articleId: string, continueStr = '') {
@@ -278,6 +282,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
       siteName,
       langIso2,
       langIso3,
+      mwVersion,
     }
   }
 
@@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
 
     const creator = this.getCreatorName() || 'Kiwix'
 
-    const [textDir, { langIso2, langIso3, mainPage, siteName }, subTitle] = await Promise.all([
+    const [textDir, { langIso2, langIso3, mainPage, siteName, mwVersion }, subTitle] = await Promise.all([
       this.getTextDirection(downloader),
       this.getSiteInfo(downloader),
       this.getSubTitle(downloader),
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ class MediaWiki {
       subTitle,
       creator,
       mainPage,
+      mwVersion,
     }
 
     this.metaData = mwMetaData
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index 50ffb815..27eed0ac 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ interface MWMetaData {
   creator: string
   mainPage: string
   textDir: TextDirection
+  mwVersion: string
 
   baseUrl: string
   wikiPath: string
diff --git a/src/util/articleRenderers.ts b/src/util/articleRenderers.ts
index 8c0bb255..650ba49f 100644
--- a/src/util/articleRenderers.ts
+++ b/src/util/articleRenderers.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { DELETED_ARTICLE_ERROR } from './const.js'
 
 export enum ApiUrlType {
   Unknown = 'unknown',
+  UseParsoid = 'useParsoid',
   MobileRest = 'mobileRest',
   DesktopRest = 'desktopRest',
   VE = 've',
@@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ export const renderArticle = async (
   const articleDetail = articleDetailIn || (await articleDetailXId.get(articleId))
   const isMainPage = dump.isMainPage(articleId)
 
+  if (json.type == ApiUrlType.UseParsoid) {
+    const html = renderParsoidArticle(json, articleId, articleDetail, isMainPage)
+    return [
+      {
+        articleId,
+        displayTitle: articleId.replace('_', ' '),
+        html,
+      },
+    ]
+  }
+
   // Main Page is never ApiUrlType.MobileRest
   if (isMainPage || json.type == ApiUrlType.VE) {
     const html = json.type === ApiUrlType.DesktopRest ? json.data : renderDesktopArticle(json, articleId, articleDetail, isMainPage)
@@ -88,11 +100,24 @@ const injectHeader = (content: string, articleId: string, articleDetail: Article
   const header = doc.createElement('h1')
   header.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(articleDetail.title))
   header.classList.add('article-header')
-  const target = doc.querySelector('body.mw-body-content')
+  const target = doc.querySelector('body')
   target.insertAdjacentElement('afterbegin', header)
   return doc.documentElement.outerHTML
 }
 
+export const renderParsoidArticle = (wrappedJson: { type: ApiUrlType; data: any }, articleId: string, articleDetail: ArticleDetail, isMainPage = false): string => {
+  if (!wrappedJson || wrappedJson.type !== ApiUrlType.UseParsoid) {
+    throw new Error(`Cannot render [${wrappedJson}] into an article`)
+  }
+  const json = wrappedJson.data
+  // Testing if article has been deleted between fetching list and downloading content.
+  if (json.parse.revid === 0) {
+    logger.error(DELETED_ARTICLE_ERROR)
+    throw new Error(DELETED_ARTICLE_ERROR)
+  }
+  return injectHeader(json.parse.text, articleId, articleDetail)
+}
+
 export const renderDesktopArticle = (wrappedJson: { type: ApiUrlType; data: any }, articleId: string, articleDetail: ArticleDetail, isMainPage = false): string => {
   if (!wrappedJson || !wrappedJson.type) {
     throw new Error(`Cannot render [${wrappedJson}] into an article`)
diff --git a/src/util/saveArticles.ts b/src/util/saveArticles.ts
index f0f08b18..3651ca32 100644
--- a/src/util/saveArticles.ts
+++ b/src/util/saveArticles.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import DU from '../DOMUtils.js'
 import * as domino from 'domino'
 import { Dump } from '../Dump.js'
 import Timer from './Timer.js'
-import { contains, genCanonicalLink, genHeaderCSSLink, genHeaderScript, getFullUrl, getMediaBase, jsPath } from './index.js'
+import { contains, genCanonicalLink, genHeaderCSSLink, genHeaderScript, getFullUrl, getMediaBase, jsPath, ApiUrlType } from './index.js'
 import { config } from '../config.js'
 import { footerTemplate, htmlTemplateCode } from '../Templates.js'
 import {
@@ -278,17 +278,19 @@ export async function saveArticles(zimCreator: ZimCreator, downloader: Downloade
         const promises: [string, Promise<Error>][] = []
 
         try {
+          // When the UseParsoid api is available, this call could return the
+          // parsoid HTML in the same API invocation that gets the modules,
+          // but we're not going to make that optimization quite yet.
+          const _moduleDependencies = await getModuleDependencies(articleDetail.title, mw, downloader, dump)
           const rets = await downloader.getArticle(articleId, dump, articleDetailXId, articleDetail)
 
           for (const { articleId, displayTitle: articleTitle, html: articleHtml } of rets) {
-            const nonPaginatedArticleId = articleDetail.title
             if (!articleHtml) {
               logger.warn(`No HTML returned for article [${articleId}], skipping`)
               continue
             }
 
             curStage += 1
-            const _moduleDependencies = await getModuleDependencies(nonPaginatedArticleId, mw, downloader)
             for (const dep of _moduleDependencies.jsDependenciesList) {
               jsModuleDependencies.add(dep)
             }
@@ -377,14 +379,15 @@ export async function saveArticles(zimCreator: ZimCreator, downloader: Downloade
   }
 }
 
-export async function getModuleDependencies(articleId: string, mw: MediaWiki, downloader: Downloader) {
+export async function getModuleDependencies(articleId: string, mw: MediaWiki, downloader: Downloader, dump: Dump) {
   /* These vars will store the list of js and css dependencies for
     the article we are downloading. */
   let jsConfigVars = ''
   let jsDependenciesList: string[] = []
   let styleDependenciesList: string[] = []
 
-  const articleApiUrl = mw.articleApiUrl(articleId)
+  const downloadApiUrlType = downloader.getArticleApiUrl(articleId, dump).type
+  const articleApiUrl = mw.articleApiUrl(articleId, downloadApiUrlType === ApiUrlType.UseParsoid)
 
   const articleData = await downloader.getJSON<any>(articleApiUrl)
 
diff --git a/test/unit/saveArticles.test.ts b/test/unit/saveArticles.test.ts
index 44af664b..4342f374 100644
--- a/test/unit/saveArticles.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/saveArticles.test.ts
@@ -355,9 +355,10 @@ describe('saveArticles', () => {
   })
 
   test('Load inline js from HTML', async () => {
-    const { downloader, mw } = await setupScrapeClasses() // en wikipedia
+    const { downloader, mw, dump } = await setupScrapeClasses() // en wikipedia
+    await downloader.setBaseUrls()
 
-    const _moduleDependencies = await getModuleDependencies('Potato', mw, downloader)
+    const _moduleDependencies = await getModuleDependencies('Potato', mw, downloader, dump)
     // next variables declared to avoid "variable is not defined" errors
     let RLCONF: any
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars