diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ece16a6..65b0cdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.24.2 (2025-02-05)
+- Fixed how links are displayed. Now you can use links as `a(href)` or `a(href, name)`.
+
 # 0.24.1 (2025-02-05)
 - Added `path` columns to `tags` and `tasks` tables. Thanks to that you can use `NATURAL JOIN`s now to connect join them.
 
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index b22b6cf..e316314 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "sqlseal",
 	"name": "SQLSeal",
-	"version": "0.24.1",
+	"version": "0.24.2",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Use SQL in your notes to query your vault files and CSV content.",
 	"author": "hypersphere",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c437e86..39938be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sqlseal",
-  "version": "0.24.1",
+  "version": "0.24.2",
   "description": "A plugin for Obsidian that allows you to run SQL queries on your notes.",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/utils/ui.test.ts b/src/utils/ui.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29b2621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/ui.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { renderLink } from "./ui"
+
+const makeApp = () => ({ metadataCache: { getFirstLinkpathDest: jest.fn(p => ({ path: p })) } })
+
+describe('UI', () => {
+    it('should properly render links', () => {
+        const app = makeApp()
+        const createEl = jest.fn()
+        renderLink(app as any, createEl)(['a/b/c.md'])
+        expect(createEl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', {
+            cls: 'internal-link',
+            href: 'a/b/c.md',
+            text: 'c'
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('should properly render link with name provided', () => {
+        const app = makeApp()
+        const createEl = jest.fn()
+        renderLink(app as any, createEl)(['a/b/c.md', 'Name'])
+        expect(createEl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', {
+            cls: 'internal-link',
+            href: 'a/b/c.md',
+            text: 'Name'
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('should properly render link with external url', () => {
+        const app = makeApp()
+        const createEl = jest.fn()
+        renderLink(app as any, createEl)(['https://wikipedia.org', 'Wikipedia'])
+        expect(createEl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', {
+            cls: '',
+            href: 'https://wikipedia.org',
+            text: 'Wikipedia'
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('should properly render link using wikilink tag', () => {
+        const app = makeApp()
+        const createEl = jest.fn()
+        renderLink(app as any, createEl)(['[[a/b/c.md|Alias]]'])
+        expect(createEl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('a', {
+            cls: 'internal-link',
+            href: 'a/b/c.md',
+            text: 'Alias'
+        })
+    })
+})
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diff --git a/src/utils/ui.ts b/src/utils/ui.ts
index 95f5a40..8009d8f 100644
--- a/src/utils/ui.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ui.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, getLinkpath, parseLinktext } from "obsidian"
+import { App } from "obsidian"
 import { CellParserRegistar } from "src/cellParser"
 
 export  const displayNotice = (el: HTMLElement, text: string) => {
@@ -28,9 +28,21 @@ const renderCheckbox = (app: App) => ([value]: [string]) => {
     }
     return el
 }
-const renderLink = (app: App) => ([name, href]: [string, string]) => {
-    if (!href) {
-        href = name
+
+const removeExtension = (filename: string) => {
+    const parts = filename.split('.')
+    if (parts.length > 1) {
+        return parts.slice(0, -1).join('.')
+    }
+    return filename
+}
+
+
+type LinkType = [string] | [string, string]
+
+export const renderLink = (app: App, create = createEl) => ([href, name]: LinkType) => {
+    if (!name) {
+        name = href
     }
     href = href.trim()
     let cls = ''
@@ -54,10 +66,13 @@ const renderLink = (app: App) => ([name, href]: [string, string]) => {
         if (fileHref.endsWith('.md')) {
             fileHref = fileHref.slice(0, -3)
         }
-        href = href
+        if (name === href) {
+            const components = href.split('/')
+            name = removeExtension(components[components.length - 1])
+        }
         cls = 'internal-link'
     }
-    const el = createEl('a', { text: name, href, cls })
+    const el = create('a', { text: name, href, cls })
     return el
 }
 
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 93abd1e..ef6abf9 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@
 	"0.23.1": "0.15.0",
 	"0.23.2": "0.15.0",
 	"0.24.0": "0.15.0",
-	"0.24.1": "0.15.0"
+	"0.24.1": "0.15.0",
+	"0.24.2": "0.15.0"
 }
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