diff --git a/markitzero.go b/markitzero.go
index b315e26..b918cdb 100644
--- a/markitzero.go
+++ b/markitzero.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ 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_link = regexp.MustCompile(`.?.?https?://[^\s"]+[\w/)!]`)
 var re_zerolink = regexp.MustCompile(`\[([^]]*)\]\(([^)]*\)?)\)`)
 
 var lighter = synlight.New(synlight.Options{Format: synlight.HTML})
@@ -50,8 +50,21 @@ func markitzero(s string) string {
 		return "`x`"
 	})
 
-	s = html.EscapeString(s)
-	s = strings.Replace(s, "'", "'", -1) // dammit go
+	// fewer side effects than html.EscapeString
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, len(s))
+	for _, c := range []byte(s) {
+		switch c {
+		case '&':
+			buf = append(buf, []byte("&")...)
+		case '<':
+			buf = append(buf, []byte("&lt;")...)
+		case '>':
+			buf = append(buf, []byte("&gt;")...)
+		default:
+			buf = append(buf, c)
+		}
+	}
+	s = string(buf)
 
 	// mark it zero
 	s = re_bolder.ReplaceAllString(s, "$1<b>$2</b>$3")
diff --git a/markitzero_test.go b/markitzero_test.go
index 0a00e29..5cdd3a6 100644
--- a/markitzero_test.go
+++ b/markitzero_test.go
@@ -58,3 +58,16 @@ func TestWikilink(t *testing.T) {
 	output := `I watched <a class="mention u-url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)">Hackers</a>`
 	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
 }
+
+func TestQuotedlink(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `quoted "https://example.com/link" here`
+	output := `quoted "<a class="mention u-url" href="https://example.com/link">https://example.com/link</a>" here`
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
+}
+
+func TestHonklink(t *testing.T) {
+	input := `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!`
+	output := `<a class="mention u-url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honk!</a>`
+	doonezerotest(t, input, output)
+}
+