diff --git a/src/modules/fedimbed.js b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
index e16734b..eabdfc1 100644
--- a/src/modules/fedimbed.js
+++ b/src/modules/fedimbed.js
@@ -512,16 +512,13 @@ async function processUrl(msg, url, spoiler = false) {
   content = content ?? "";
   cw = cw ?? "";
 
-  // TODO: convert certain HTML tags back to markdown
+  // FIXME: stop being lazy and use an html parser
+  content = content.replace(/<a .*?href="([^"]+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>/g, "[$2]($1)");
   content = content.replace(/<\/?\s*br\s*\/?>/g, "\n");
   content = content.replace(/<\/p><p>/g, "\n\n");
   content = content.replace(/<ol>/g, "\n");
   content = content.replace(/<li>/g, "- ");
   content = content.replace(/<\/li>/g, "\n");
-  content = content.replace(
-    /<a .*?href="([^"]+?)".*?>([^<]+?)<\/a>/g,
-    "[$2]($1)"
-  );
   content = content.replace(/<\/?code>/g, "`");
   content = content.replace(/<\/?em>/g, "*");
   content = content.replace(/<\/?u>/g, "__");