diff --git a/MarkdownParse.java b/MarkdownParse.java
index 5ebf83aba..cd8a9ad9f 100644
--- a/MarkdownParse.java
+++ b/MarkdownParse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//https://howtodoinjava.com/java/io/java-read-file-to-string-examples/
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -13,11 +11,26 @@ public static ArrayList<String> getLinks(String markdown) {
         int currentIndex = 0;
         while(currentIndex < markdown.length()) {
             int openBracket = markdown.indexOf("[", currentIndex);
-            int closeBracket = markdown.indexOf("]", openBracket);
-            int openParen = markdown.indexOf("(", closeBracket);
-            int closeParen = markdown.indexOf(")", openParen);
+            if(openBracket==-1){
+                break;
+            }
+            if(markdown.substring(currentIndex,openBracket).contains("!")){
+                int closeBracket = markdown.indexOf("]",openBracket);
+            int openParen = markdown.indexOf("(",closeBracket);
+            int closeParen = markdown.indexOf(")",openBracket);
+            currentIndex = closeParen + 1;
+            continue;
+            }
+            int closeBracket = markdown.indexOf("]",openBracket);
+            int openParen = markdown.indexOf("(",closeBracket);
+            if(openParen==-1){
+                break;
+            }
+            int closeParen = markdown.indexOf(")",openBracket);
+           
             toReturn.add(markdown.substring(openParen + 1, closeParen));
             currentIndex = closeParen + 1;
+        
         }
 
         return toReturn;
@@ -29,5 +42,6 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
         String content = Files.readString(fileName);
         ArrayList<String> links = getLinks(content);
 	    System.out.println(links);
+        
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/MarkdownParseTest.java b/MarkdownParseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..376d59245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MarkdownParseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.*;
+public class MarkdownParseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void addition() {
+        assertEquals(2, 1 + 1);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/test-file.md b/test-file.md
index 0f9fbc913..42b177fd7 100644
--- a/test-file.md
+++ b/test-file.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Title
 
 [link1](https://something.com)
-[link2](some-thing.html)
+![image](some-thing.html)
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diff --git a/test-file2.md b/test-file2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24fac4add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Title
+
+[a link!](https://something.com)
+[another link!](some-page.html)
+
+some paragraph text after the links
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diff --git a/test-file3.md b/test-file3.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031b99a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# title
+
+[]
+
+more text here
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diff --git a/test-file4.md b/test-file4.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083728b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# title
+
+[]link goes here!
diff --git a/test-file5.md b/test-file5.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03d95aa8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file5.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# title
+
+[stuff]
+
+paragraph
+
+(page.com)
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diff --git a/test-file6.md b/test-file6.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18e1f6ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# title 
+
+![link](page.com)
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diff --git a/test-file7.md b/test-file7.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23f9c68a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file7.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+)[
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diff --git a/test-file8.md b/test-file8.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ed07127a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-file8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[](a link on the first line)
+[
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diff --git a/test.md b/test.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1931754ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# test
+[link](question(ddada).com)
+![image](questionddd.com)
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