diff --git a/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/hugo_toml_structs.go b/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/hugo_toml_structs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b000be91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/hugo_toml_structs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+type hugoToml struct {
+	Markup *hugoTomlMarkup `toml:"markup"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlMarkup struct {
+	TableOfContents *hugoTomlTableOfContents `toml:"tableOfContents"`
+	Goldmark        *hugoTomlGoldmark        `toml:"goldmark"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlTableOfContents struct {
+	Endlevel   *int  `toml:"endLevel"`
+	Ordered    *bool `toml:"ordered"`
+	StartLevel *int  `toml:"startLevel"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlGoldmark struct {
+	Renderer *hugoTomlGoldmarkRenderer `toml:"renderer"`
+	Parser   *hugoTomlGoldmarkParser   `toml:"parser"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlGoldmarkRenderer struct {
+	Unsafe *bool `toml:"unsafe"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlGoldmarkParser struct {
+	Attribute *hugoTomlGoldmarkParserAttribute `toml:"attribute"`
+}
+
+type hugoTomlGoldmarkParserAttribute struct {
+	Block *bool `toml:"block"`
+	Title *bool `toml:"title"`
+}
diff --git a/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/main.go b/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/main.go
index d1d4a3857..91fec84ac 100644
--- a/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/main.go
+++ b/tooling/go/cmd/site-consistency/main.go
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	var rootDirectory string
+	var fix bool
 	flag.StringVar(&rootDirectory, "root-dir", ".", "Root directory to search for hugo.toml files in")
+	flag.BoolVar(&fix, "fix", false, "Fix problems, rather than reporting them")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	var directoriesToCheck []string
@@ -35,10 +39,14 @@ func main() {
 	var errors []string
 	for _, directoryToCheck := range directoriesToCheck {
 		for _, expectedSymlink := range []string{"config", "deploy-netlify.sh", "netlify.toml"} {
-			if errorToReport, ok := checkForParentSymlink(directoryToCheck, expectedSymlink); !ok {
+			if errorToReport, ok := checkForParentSymlink(directoryToCheck, expectedSymlink, fix); !ok {
 				errors = append(errors, errorToReport)
 			}
 		}
+
+		if errorToReport := checkForMarkupConfig(filepath.Join(directoryToCheck, "hugo.toml"), fix); errorToReport != nil {
+			errors = append(errors, errorToReport.Error())
+		}
 	}
 
 	for _, errorToReport := range errors {
@@ -51,13 +59,19 @@ func main() {
 
 // checkForParentSymlink checks that a symlink exists in the directory with expectedLinkName pointing at something in the parent directory with the same name.
 // It returns a bool indicating whether things were correct, and if the bool is false, returns a non-empty string describing the problem suitable for displaying to a user.
-func checkForParentSymlink(directoryToCheck, expectedLinkName string) (string, bool) {
+func checkForParentSymlink(directoryToCheck, expectedLinkName string, fix bool) (string, bool) {
 	expectedDestination := filepath.Join("..", "tooling", "common-config", expectedLinkName)
 	path := filepath.Join(directoryToCheck, expectedLinkName)
 	fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		reason := fmt.Sprintf("an error occurred looking it up: %v", err)
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+			if fix {
+				if err := os.Symlink(expectedDestination, path); err != nil {
+					panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to create symlink %s: %v", path, err))
+				}
+				return "", true
+			}
 			reason = "it didn't exist"
 		}
 		return formatError(path, expectedDestination, reason), false
@@ -78,3 +92,58 @@ func checkForParentSymlink(directoryToCheck, expectedLinkName string) (string, b
 func formatError(path, expectedDestination, reason string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Expected %s to be a symlink pointing at %s but %s", path, expectedDestination, reason)
 }
+
+func checkForMarkupConfig(path string, fix bool) error {
+	var config hugoToml
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(bytes, &config); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode %s as toml: %w", path, err)
+	}
+
+	want := &hugoTomlMarkup{
+		TableOfContents: &hugoTomlTableOfContents{
+			Endlevel:   ptr(2),
+			Ordered:    ptr(true),
+			StartLevel: ptr(2),
+		},
+		Goldmark: &hugoTomlGoldmark{
+			Renderer: &hugoTomlGoldmarkRenderer{
+				Unsafe: ptr(true),
+			},
+			Parser: &hugoTomlGoldmarkParser{
+				Attribute: &hugoTomlGoldmarkParserAttribute{
+					Block: ptr(true),
+					Title: ptr(true),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	if config.Markup != want {
+		wantConfig := hugoToml{
+			Markup: want,
+		}
+		marshalledWant, err := toml.Marshal(wantConfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to marshal known-good toml: %v", err))
+		}
+		if fix && config.Markup == nil {
+			var out []byte
+			out = append(out, bytes...)
+			out = append(out, '\n', '\n')
+			out = append(out, marshalledWant...)
+			if err := os.WriteFile(path, out, 0644); err != nil {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("failed to fix %s: %v", path, err))
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s had wrong or missing [markup] section. Add this:\n%s", path, string(marshalledWant))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ptr[T any](v T) *T {
+	return &v
+}
diff --git a/tooling/go/go.mod b/tooling/go/go.mod
index 05fb562a2..0e61fd6ff 100644
--- a/tooling/go/go.mod
+++ b/tooling/go/go.mod
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ module github.com/CodeYourFuture/curriculum/tooling/go
 go 1.21.5
 
 require (
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0
+	github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/tooling/go/go.sum b/tooling/go/go.sum
index 51a6c4938..36ba7a3fd 100644
--- a/tooling/go/go.sum
+++ b/tooling/go/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.2.0 h1:/DgnNe82o03riBd1S+ZDjd43wAmC6W35q67NHeLkPd4=
 github.com/adrg/frontmatter v0.2.0/go.mod h1:93rQCj3z3ZlwyxxpQioRKC1wDLto4aXHrbqIsnH9wmE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=