diff --git a/fun.go b/fun.go
index 1e8ed17..08db677 100644
--- a/fun.go
+++ b/fun.go
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ type Emu struct {
 	Name string
 }
 
-var re_link = regexp.MustCompile(`@?https?://[^\s"]+[\w/)]`)
 var re_emus = regexp.MustCompile(`:[[:alnum:]_-]+:`)
 
 func herdofemus(noise string) []Emu {
diff --git a/markitzero.go b/markitzero.go
index 7e0b668..71d1ba7 100644
--- a/markitzero.go
+++ b/markitzero.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ var re_italicer = regexp.MustCompile(`(^|\W)\*([\w\s,.!?':_-]+)\*($|\W)`)
 var re_bigcoder = regexp.MustCompile("```\n?((?s:.*?))\n?```\n?")
 var re_coder = regexp.MustCompile("`([^`]*)`")
 var re_quoter = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m:^> (.*)\n?)`)
+var re_link = regexp.MustCompile(`.?.?https?://[^\s"]+[\w/)]`)
+var re_zerolink = regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^]]*)\]\(([^)]*\)?)\)`)
 
 func markitzero(s string) string {
 	// prepare the string
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func markitzero(s string) string {
 	s = re_italicer.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1<i>$2</i>$3")
 	s = re_quoter.ReplaceAllString(s, "<blockquote>$1</blockquote><p>")
 	s = re_link.ReplaceAllStringFunc(s, linkreplacer)
+	s = re_zerolink.ReplaceAllString(s, `<a class="mention u-url" href="$2">$1</a>`)
 
 	// now restore the code blocks
 	s = re_coder.ReplaceAllStringFunc(s, func(s string) string {
@@ -76,9 +79,14 @@ func markitzero(s string) string {
 }
 
 func linkreplacer(url string) string {
-	if url[0] == '@' {
+	if url[0:2] == "](" {
 		return url
 	}
+	prefix := ""
+	for !strings.HasPrefix(url, "http") {
+		prefix += url[0:1]
+		url = url[1:]
+	}
 	addparen := false
 	adddot := false
 	if strings.HasSuffix(url, ")") && strings.IndexByte(url, '(') == -1 {
@@ -96,5 +104,5 @@ func linkreplacer(url string) string {
 	if addparen {
 		url += ")"
 	}
-	return url
+	return prefix + url
 }
diff --git a/markitzero_test.go b/markitzero_test.go
index e6874bd..ccef139 100644
--- a/markitzero_test.go
+++ b/markitzero_test.go
@@ -4,40 +4,51 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func onetest(t *testing.T, input, output string) {
+func doonezerotest(t *testing.T, input, output string) {
 	result := markitzero(input)
 	if result != output {
 		t.Errorf("\nexpected:\n%s\noutput:\n%s", output, result)
 	}
 }
 
-func basictest(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBasictest(t *testing.T) {
 	input := `link to https://example.com/ with **bold** text`
 	output := `link to <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/">https://example.com/</a> with <b>bold</b> text`
-	onetest(t, input, output)
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
-func linebreak1(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLinebreak1(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "hello\n> a quote\na comment"
 	output := "hello<blockquote>a quote</blockquote><p>a comment"
-	onetest(t, input, output)
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
-func linebreak2(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLinebreak2(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "hello\n\n> a quote\n\na comment"
 	output := "hello<br><blockquote>a quote</blockquote><p>a comment"
-	onetest(t, input, output)
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
-func linebreak3(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLinebreak3(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "hello\n\n```\nfunc(s string)\n```\n\ndoes it go?"
 	output := "hello<br><pre><code>func(s string)</code></pre><p>does it go?"
-	onetest(t, input, output)
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
 
-func TestMarkitzero(t *testing.T) {
-	basictest(t)
-	linebreak1(t)
-	linebreak2(t)
-	linebreak3(t)
+func TestSimplelink(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "This is a [link](https://example.com)."
+	output := `This is a <a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com">link</a>.`
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
+}
+
+func TestSimplelink2(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "See (http://example.com) for examples."
+	output := `See (<a class="mention u-url" href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>) for examples.`
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
+}
+
+func TestWikilink(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "I watched [Hackers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film))"
+	output := `I watched <a class="mention u-url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)">Hackers</a>`
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }