diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
index a266f12..86975ab 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ turndownService.addRule("inlineLink", {
 		const href = node.getAttribute("href")
 		content = content.replace(/ @.*/, "")
 		if (href === content) return href
-		if (href.startsWith("https://matrix.to/#/@") && content[0] !== "@") content = "@" + content
+		if (decodeURIComponent(href).startsWith("https://matrix.to/#/@") && content[0] !== "@") content = "@" + content
 		return "[" + content + "](" + href + ")"
 	}
 })
diff --git a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
index 7d1f09d..3a187c3 100644
--- a/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
+++ b/m2d/converters/event-to-message.test.js
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ test("event2message: markdown in link text does not attempt to be escaped becaus
 			messagesToEdit: [],
 			messagesToSend: [{
 				username: "cadence [they]",
-				content: "hey [mario sports mix [she/her]](<https://matrix.to/#/%40cadence%3Acadence.moe>), is it possible to listen on a unix socket?",
+				content: "hey [@mario sports mix [she/her]](<https://matrix.to/#/%40cadence%3Acadence.moe>), is it possible to listen on a unix socket?",
 				avatar_url: undefined,
 				allowed_mentions: {
 					parse: ["users", "roles"]