diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f4be40..82f7679 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ A simple paragraph can contain **bold text**, `inline codeblocks` and *italic te
 or via reference to [a later defined url][massivedynamic], i we so desire.
 ```
 
-A simple paragraph can contain **bold text**, `inline codeblocks` and *italic text*. We can also link [with a direct url][https://google.com] *(i.e. to google)*
+A simple paragraph can contain **bold text**, `inline codeblocks` and *italic text*. We can also link [with a direct url](https://google.com) *(i.e. to google)*
 or via reference to [a later defined url][massivedynamic], i we so desire.
 
 ### Images
diff --git a/src/Parser.php b/src/Parser.php
index 4cf06ea..5cea154 100644
--- a/src/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Parser.php
@@ -119,19 +119,19 @@ class Parser {
 		$rbracket = $this->consume();
 		$consumption++;
 
-		if ($this->current()->type !== TokenType::LBRACKET) {
+		if ($this->current()->type !== TokenType::LBRACKET && $this->current()->type !== TokenType::LPAREN) {
 			$this->pointer -= $consumption;
 			return null;
 		}
-		$lbracket = $this->consume();
+		$lbracketOrParen = $this->consume();
 
 		$index    = "";
-		while (!($this->current()->type === TokenType::RBRACKET || $this->current()->type === TokenType::EOL))
+		while (!($this->current()->type === TokenType::RBRACKET || $this->current()->type === TokenType::RPAREN || $this->current()->type === TokenType::EOL))
 			$index .= $this->consume()->data;
 		$rbracket = $this->consume();
 
 		$elm  = $this->document->createElement("a", $text);
-		$href = str_starts_with($index, "http") ? $index : 
+		$href = $lbracketOrParen->type === TokenType::LPAREN ? $index : 
 			(array_key_exists($index, $this->references) ? $this->references[$index] : self::MAGIC_CHAR.$index.self::MAGIC_CHAR);
 		$elm->setAttribute("href", $href);