diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2f3b69d..e547da7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ function noop(){}
 var onLink = noop
 var extractor = new marked.Renderer()
 
+var keyRegex = /[0-9a-zA-Z\/+]{43}=/
+
+function isKey(str) {
+  return keyRegex.test(str)
+}
+
 // prevent html from entering into mention labels.
 // code taken from ssb-markdown
 extractor.code = function(code, lang, escaped) { return escaped ? unquote(code) : code }
@@ -61,8 +67,16 @@ module.exports = function (text, opts) {
   links(text, function (link) {
     if(ref.isFeed(link.target))
       a.push({link: link.target, name: link.label && link.label.replace(/^@/, '')})
-    else if(ref.isBlob(link.target))
-      a.push({link: link.target, name: link.label})
+    else if(link.target && link.target[0] === '&') {
+      var parts = link.target.split('#')
+      var hash = parts[0]
+      var key = parts[1]
+      if(ref.isBlob(hash)) {
+        link = {link: hash, name: link.label}
+        if(isKey(key)) link.key = key
+        a.push(link)
+      }
+    }
     else if(ref.isMsg(link.target))
       a.push({link: link.target, name: link.label})
     else if(bareFeedNames && link.target && link.target[0] === '@')