diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index 7b88adbf..a266f12a 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const Ty = require("../../types")
 const DiscordTypes = require("discord-api-types/v10")
 const {Readable} = require("stream")
 const chunk = require("chunk-text")
-const TurndownService = require("turndown")
+const TurndownService = require("@cloudrac3r/turndown")
 const domino = require("domino")
 const assert = require("assert").strict
 const entities = require("entities")
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index c054abc8..7acad935 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -263,6 +263,45 @@ test("event2message: links in formatted body where the text & href are the same,
 	)
 })
 
+test("event2message: markdown in link text does not attempt to be escaped because that doesn't work", async t => {
+	t.deepEqual(
+		await eventToMessage({
+			content: {
+				body: "hey mario sports mix [she/her], is it possible to listen on a unix socket?",
+				format: "org.matrix.custom.html",
+				formatted_body: "hey <a href=\"https://matrix.to/#/%40cadence%3Acadence.moe\">mario sports mix [she/her]</a>, is it possible to listen on a unix socket?",
+				"m.mentions": {
+					"user_ids": [
+						"@cadence:cadence.moe"
+					]
+				},
+				msgtype: "m.text"
+			},
+			event_id: "$g07oYSZFWBkxohNEfywldwgcWj1hbhDzQ1sBAKvqOOU",
+			origin_server_ts: 1688301929913,
+			room_id: "!kLRqKKUQXcibIMtOpl:cadence.moe",
+			sender: "@cadence:cadence.moe",
+			type: "m.room.message",
+			unsigned: {
+				age: 405299
+			}
+		}),
+		{
+			ensureJoined: [],
+			messagesToDelete: [],
+			messagesToEdit: [],
+			messagesToSend: [{
+				username: "cadence [they]",
+				content: "hey [mario sports mix [she/her]](<https://matrix.to/#/%40cadence%3Acadence.moe>), is it possible to listen on a unix socket?",
+				avatar_url: undefined,
+				allowed_mentions: {
+					parse: ["users", "roles"]
+				}
+			}]
+		}
+	)
+})
+
 test("event2message: basic html is converted to markdown", async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(
 		await eventToMessage({
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2d5284a1..f7d65534 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
         "@cloudrac3r/html-template-tag": "^5.0.1",
         "@cloudrac3r/mixin-deep": "^3.0.0",
         "@cloudrac3r/pngjs": "^7.0.3",
+        "@cloudrac3r/turndown": "^7.1.4",
         "better-sqlite3": "^9.0.0",
         "chunk-text": "^2.0.1",
         "cloudstorm": "^0.10.8",
+        "domino": "^2.1.6",
         "entities": "^4.5.0",
         "get-stream": "^6.0.1",
         "heatsync": "^2.5.3",
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@
         "snowtransfer": "^0.10.5",
         "stream-mime-type": "^1.0.2",
         "try-to-catch": "^3.0.1",
-        "turndown": "^7.1.2",
         "xxhash-wasm": "^1.0.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -213,6 +214,14 @@
         "node": ">=8.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@cloudrac3r/turndown": {
+      "version": "7.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cloudrac3r/turndown/-/turndown-7.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-bQAwcvcSqBTdEHPMt+IAZWIoDh+2eRuy9TgD0FUdxVurbvj3CUHTxLfzlmsO0UTi+GHpgYqDSsVdV7kYTNq5Qg==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "domino": "^2.1.6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui": {
       "version": "8.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.2.tgz",
@@ -3100,14 +3109,6 @@
         "node": "*"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/turndown": {
-      "version": "7.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/turndown/-/turndown-7.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ntI9R7fcUKjqBP6QU8rBK2Ehyt8LAzt3UBT9JR9tgo6GtuKvyUzpayWmeMKJw1DPdXzktvtIT8m2mVXz+bL/Qg==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "domino": "^2.1.6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/type-is": {
       "version": "1.6.18",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-is/-/type-is-1.6.18.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 806785cd..13496736 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
     "@cloudrac3r/html-template-tag": "^5.0.1",
     "@cloudrac3r/mixin-deep": "^3.0.0",
     "@cloudrac3r/pngjs": "^7.0.3",
+    "@cloudrac3r/turndown": "^7.1.4",
     "better-sqlite3": "^9.0.0",
     "chunk-text": "^2.0.1",
     "cloudstorm": "^0.10.8",
+    "domino": "^2.1.6",
     "entities": "^4.5.0",
     "get-stream": "^6.0.1",
     "heatsync": "^2.5.3",
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@
     "snowtransfer": "^0.10.5",
     "stream-mime-type": "^1.0.2",
     "try-to-catch": "^3.0.1",
-    "turndown": "^7.1.2",
     "xxhash-wasm": "^1.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {