diff --git a/reporting/md_color.py b/reporting/md_color.py
index 17e28c9..0b64904 100755
--- a/reporting/md_color.py
+++ b/reporting/md_color.py
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ inline_match={
                         'bc':'${c}\\1','dc':'${m}\\1'},  # `code`
     'code_special':  {'re':re.compile(r'([`]+[^`]+[`]+)([!>])'),
                         'bc':'${c}\\1${g}\\2','dc':'${m}\\1${r}\\2'}, # `code`! or `code`> for markslider
-    'link':          {'re':re.compile(r'(\[)([^\]]+)(\])(\([^\)]+\))'),
-                        'bc':'${B}\\1${Z}\\2${B}\\3${U}\\4',
-                        'dc':'${b}\\1${Z}\\2${b}\\3${U}\\4'}, # [text](link)
+    'link':          {'re':re.compile(r'(\[)([^\]]+)(\])\(([^\)]+)\)'),
+                        'bc':'${B}\\1${Z}\\2${B}\\3(${U}\\4${u})',
+                        'dc':'${b}\\1${Z}\\2${b}\\3(${U}\\4${u})'}, # [text](link)
     'image':         {'re':re.compile(r'(!\[[^\]]+\]\([^\)]+\))'),
                         'bc':'${r}\\1','dc':'${g}\\1'}, # ![text](image)
     'underline':     {'re':re.compile(r'(^|\W)(__)([^_]+)(__)'),