diff --git a/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 55b345b..944e69f 100644
--- a/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {{ $icon := resources.Get "external-link.svg" }}
 
-<a class="ext-link" href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}" {{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}
-target="_blank"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}<img class="external-link" aria-hidden="true" alt="External link" width="16" height="16" src="{{ $icon.RelPermalink }}">{{- end -}}</a>
\ No newline at end of file
+<a class="ext-link" href="{{ .Destination | urlize | safeURL }}" {{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}
+target="_blank"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}<img class="external-link" aria-hidden="true" alt="External link" width="16" height="16" src="{{ $icon.RelPermalink }}">{{- end -}}</a>