diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 463a69ef..bdd09ff7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "open",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "pulldown-cmark",
+ "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark",
  "regex",
  "select",
  "serde",
@@ -1073,6 +1074,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32accf4473121d8c0b508ca5673363703762d6cc59cf25af1df48f653346f736"
+dependencies = [
+ "pulldown-cmark",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
 version = "1.2.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a943e736..388b221b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 memchr = "2.0"
 open = "1.1"
 pulldown-cmark = "0.7.0"
+pulldown-cmark-to-cmark = "5.0.0"
 regex = "1.0.0"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/preprocess/index.rs b/src/preprocess/index.rs
index db6b3d40..6eb461da 100644
--- a/src/preprocess/index.rs
+++ b/src/preprocess/index.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use core::ops::Range;
 use pulldown_cmark::{Event, LinkType, Parser, Tag};
+use pulldown_cmark_to_cmark::cmark;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::iter::{FromIterator, Iterator};
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -60,20 +61,26 @@ fn replace_readme_in_string(content: &str) -> String {
         .unwrap();
     }
     let parser = pulldown_cmark::Parser::new(content).into_offset_iter();
-    let ranges_to_replace_in: Vec<Range<usize>> = parser
-        .filter_map(|(event, range)| match event {
-            Event::Start(Tag::Link(link_type, _, _)) => match link_type {
-                LinkType::Reference | LinkType::Inline => Some(range),
-                _ => None,
-            },
-            Event::End(Tag::Link(link_type, _, _)) => match link_type {
-                LinkType::Reference | LinkType::Inline => Some(range),
-                _ => None,
-            },
-            _ => None,
-        })
-        .collect();
-    let ranges_to_replace_in = vec![..];
+    let mut ranges_to_replace_in = vec![];
+    let mut start_range: Option<Range<usize>> = None;
+    let mut end_range: Option<Range<usize>> = None;
+    for (event, range) in parser {
+        match event {
+            Event::Start(Tag::Link(link_type, dest, title)) => start_range = Some(range),
+            Event::End(Tag::Link(link_type, dest, title)) => end_range = Some(range),
+            _ => (),
+        }
+        match end_range {
+            Some(_) => {
+                let range = Range::<usize> {
+                    start: start_range.take().unwrap().start,
+                    end: end_range.take().unwrap().end,
+                };
+                ranges_to_replace_in.push(range);
+            }
+            None => {}
+        }
+    }
     let content: String = ranges_to_replace_in
         .iter()
         .map(|range| {
@@ -190,14 +197,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     replace_readme_tests! {
         "[content]: ./bla/index.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_1:"[content]: ./bla/readme.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_2:"[content]: ./bla/ReAdme.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_3:"[content]: ./bla/ReaDme.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_4:"[content]: ./bla/README.MD ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_5:"[content]: ./bla/REadmE.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_6:"[content]: ./bla/ReAdme.md ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_7:"[content]: ./bla/Readme.MD ",
-        replace_readme_in_footnote_link_test_8:"[content]: ./bla/readme.MD ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_1:"[content]: ./bla/readme.md ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_2:"[content]: ./bla/ReAdme.md ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_3:"[content]: ./bla/ReaDme.md ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_4:"[content]: ./bla/README.MD ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_5:"[content]: ./bla/REadmE.md ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_6:"[content]: ./bla/ReAdme.md ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_7:"[content]: ./bla/Readme.MD ",
+        replace_readme_in_reference_link_test_8:"[content]: ./bla/readme.MD ",
     }
     replace_readme_tests! {
         "[content]( ./bla/index.md)",