diff --git a/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/themes/red/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 6972122..9647c6c 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 }}>{{ .PlainText }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}<img aria-hidden="true" alt="External link" width="16" height="16" src="{{ $icon.Permalink }}"/>{{- end -}}</a>
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+target="_blank"{{ end }}>{{ .Text | safeHTML }}{{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}<img aria-hidden="true" alt="External link" width="16" height="16" src="{{ $icon.Permalink }}"/>{{- end -}}</a>
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