diff --git a/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
index 24209f5..876b331 100644
--- a/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
+++ b/src/services/htmlMarkdownUtils.ts
@@ -52,15 +52,18 @@ marked.use({ extensions: [mermaidExtension] });
 // The renderer only applies to markdown tables.
 marked.use({
   renderer: {
-    tablecell({ text, header, align }) {
+    tablecell(token) {
+      const content = this.parser.parseInline(token.tokens);
+      const { header, align } = token;
       const type = header ? "th" : "td";
       const alignAttr = align ? ` align="${align}"` : "";
       const scopeAttr = header ? ' scope="col"' : "";
-      return `<${type}${scopeAttr}${alignAttr}>${text}</${type}>\n`;
+      return `<${type}${scopeAttr}${alignAttr}>${content}</${type}>\n`;
     },
   },
 });
 
+
 export function extractImageSources(htmlString: string) {
   const srcUrls = [];
   const regex = /<img[^>]+src=["']?([^"'>]+)["']?/g;
diff --git a/src/services/markdownReferenceLinks.test.ts b/src/services/markdownReferenceLinks.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35b2ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/markdownReferenceLinks.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { markdownToHtmlNoImages } from './htmlMarkdownUtils';
+
+describe('markdownToHtmlNoImages reference links', () => {
+  it('renders reference links inside a table', () => {
+    const markdown = `
+| Header |
+| --- |
+| [QuickStart][Fort1] |
+
+[Fort1]: https://example.com/fort1
+`;
+    const html = markdownToHtmlNoImages(markdown);
+    expect(html).toContain('<a href="https://example.com/fort1">QuickStart</a>');
+  });
+});