diff --git a/lib/parseHtml.test.ts b/lib/parseHtml.test.ts
index 094681d19..ed3d1153a 100644
--- a/lib/parseHtml.test.ts
+++ b/lib/parseHtml.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ describe('parseHtml', () => {
     it('handles missing html', () => {
       expect(() => trim()).not.toThrow()
     })
+    it('handles links with spaces', () => {
+      const html = `<div>
+        <a href="/foo bar">Hello </a>
+      </div>`
+
+      expect(trim(html)).toEqual('<div><a href="/foo%20bar">Hello</a></div>')
+    })
   })
   describe('toMarkdown', () => {
     it('turns html into Markdown', () => {
diff --git a/lib/parseHtml.ts b/lib/parseHtml.ts
index 0f18d4062..cc01b6287 100644
--- a/lib/parseHtml.ts
+++ b/lib/parseHtml.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
 import * as h2m from 'h2m'
 import { htmlDecode } from 'js-htmlencode'
 
-export const trim = (html: string = ''): string => html
-  .replace(/&#160;/g, ' ')
-  .split('>')
-  .map((token) => token.trim())
-  .join('>')
-  .split('</')
-  .map((token) => token.trim())
-  .join('</')
+export const trim = (html: string = ''): string => {
+  const trimmed = html
+    .replace(/&#160;/g, ' ')
+    .split('>')
+    .map((token) => token.trim())
+    .join('>')
+    .split('</')
+    .map((token) => token.trim())
+    .join('</')
+  const rxSpaces = /href="(.*)"/g
+  const matches = trimmed.match(rxSpaces)
+  if (matches) {
+    let result = trimmed
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+    for (const match of matches) {
+      result = result.replace(match, match.replace(/ /g, '%20'))
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+  return trimmed
+}
 
 interface Node {
   name: string