diff --git a/cmd/zona/main.go b/cmd/zona/main.go
index 2b0fe15..d7032e3 100644
--- a/cmd/zona/main.go
+++ b/cmd/zona/main.go
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ficcdaf/zona/internal/util"
 )
 
-// validateFile checks whether a given path
-// is a valid file && matches an expected extension
-func validateFile(path, ext string) bool {
-	return (util.CheckExtension(path, ext) == nil) && (util.PathIsValid(path, true))
-}
+// // validateFile checks whether a given path
+// // is a valid file && matches an expected extension
+// func validateFile(path, ext string) bool {
+// 	return (util.CheckExtension(path, ext) == nil) && (util.PathIsValid(path, true))
+// }
 
 func main() {
 	mdPath := flag.String("file", "", "Path to the markdown file.")
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 	}
-	// if !validateFile(*mdPath, ".md") {
-	// 	fmt.Println("File validation failed!")
-	// 	os.Exit(1)
-	// }
-	// convert.ConvertFile(*mdPath, "test/test.html")
 	err := util.Traverse(*mdPath, "foobar")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Error: %s\n", err.Error())
diff --git a/internal/convert/convert.go b/internal/convert/convert.go
index fe8e8b3..2cb51eb 100644
--- a/internal/convert/convert.go
+++ b/internal/convert/convert.go
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package convert
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown"
+	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/ast"
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/html"
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/parser"
 )
@@ -19,13 +21,64 @@ func MdToHTML(md []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	doc := p.Parse(md)
 
 	// build HTML renderer
-	htmlFlags := html.CommonFlags | html.HrefTargetBlank
+	htmlFlags := html.CommonFlags | html.HrefTargetBlank | html.CompletePage
 	opts := html.RendererOptions{Flags: htmlFlags}
-	renderer := html.NewRenderer(opts)
+	renderer := newZonaRenderer(opts)
 
 	return markdown.Render(doc, renderer), nil
 }
 
+// PathIsValid checks if a path is valid.
+// If requireFile is set, directories are not considered valid.
+func PathIsValid(path string, requireFile bool) bool {
+	s, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false
+	} else if requireFile {
+		// fmt.Printf("Directory status: %s\n", strconv.FormatBool(s.IsDir()))
+		return !s.IsDir()
+	}
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+func processLink(p string) string {
+	fmt.Println("Processing link...")
+	ext := filepath.Ext(p)
+	// Only process if it points to an existing, local markdown file
+	if ext == ".md" && filepath.IsLocal(p) {
+		fmt.Println("Markdown link detected...")
+		return ChangeExtension(p, ".html")
+	} else {
+		return p
+	}
+}
+
+func renderLink(w io.Writer, l *ast.Link, entering bool) {
+	if entering {
+		destPath := processLink(string(l.Destination))
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `<a href="%s"`, destPath)
+		for _, attr := range html.BlockAttrs(l) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, ` %s`, attr)
+		}
+		io.WriteString(w, ">")
+	} else {
+		io.WriteString(w, "</a>")
+	}
+}
+
+func htmlRenderHook(w io.Writer, node ast.Node, entering bool) (ast.WalkStatus, bool) {
+	if link, ok := node.(*ast.Link); ok {
+		renderLink(w, link, entering)
+		return ast.GoToNext, true
+	}
+	return ast.GoToNext, false
+}
+
+func newZonaRenderer(opts html.RendererOptions) *html.Renderer {
+	opts.RenderNodeHook = htmlRenderHook
+	return html.NewRenderer(opts)
+}
+
 // WriteFile writes a given byte array to the given path.
 func WriteFile(b []byte, p string) error {
 	f, err := os.Create(p)
diff --git a/internal/util/path.go b/internal/util/path.go
index 2cacbf8..1e79964 100644
--- a/internal/util/path.go
+++ b/internal/util/path.go
@@ -22,19 +22,6 @@ func CheckExtension(path, ext string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// PathIsValid checks if a path is valid.
-// If requireFile is set, directories are not considered valid.
-func PathIsValid(path string, requireFile bool) bool {
-	s, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false
-	} else if requireFile {
-		// fmt.Printf("Directory status: %s\n", strconv.FormatBool(s.IsDir()))
-		return !s.IsDir()
-	}
-	return err == nil
-}
-
 func getRoot(path string) string {
 	for {
 		parent := filepath.Dir(path)
@@ -43,7 +30,7 @@ func getRoot(path string) string {
 		}
 		path = parent
 	}
-	fmt.Println("getRoot: ", path)
+	// fmt.Println("getRoot: ", path)
 	return path
 }
 
@@ -73,7 +60,7 @@ func processFile(inPath string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error, outRoot string) er
 	if !entry.IsDir() {
 		ext := filepath.Ext(inPath)
 		outPath := replaceRoot(inPath, outRoot)
-		fmt.Println("NewRoot: ", outPath)
+		// fmt.Println("NewRoot: ", outPath)
 		switch ext {
 		case ".md":
 			fmt.Println("Processing markdown...")
@@ -99,7 +86,7 @@ func processFile(inPath string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error, outRoot string) er
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("Visited: %s\n", inPath)
+	// fmt.Printf("Visited: %s\n", inPath)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/util/util.go b/internal/util/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2894192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package util
+
+import "strings"
+
+func NormalizeContent(content string) string {
+	var normalized []string
+	lines := strings.Split(content, "\n")
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line != "" {
+			normalized = append(normalized, line)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(normalized, "\n")
+}
diff --git a/runtest.sh b/runtest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d20c26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -e foobar ]; then
+  rm -rf foobar
+fi
+
+go run cmd/zona/main.go test
+
+bat foobar/in.html
diff --git a/test/in.md b/test/in.md
index a933e82..578595f 100644
--- a/test/in.md
+++ b/test/in.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # My amazing markdown file!
 
 I can _even_ do **this**!
+
+- Or, I could...
+- [Link](page.md) to this file
diff --git a/test/page.md b/test/page.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e11434d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/page.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# My amazing markdown filez 2!
+
+This file gets linked to...