diff --git a/gemini.go b/gemini.go
index e15b21b..ed1b52d 100644
--- a/gemini.go
+++ b/gemini.go
@@ -99,16 +99,21 @@ func NormalizeLink(linkLine string, currentURL string) (link string, descr strin
 	}
 
 	originalURLStr := matches[1]
+	decodedURLStr, err := url.QueryUnescape(originalURLStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("Error decoding URL: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	restOfLine := ""
 	if len(matches) > 2 {
 		restOfLine = matches[2]
 	}
 
 	// Parse the URL from the link line
-	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(originalURLStr)
+	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(decodedURLStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		// If URL parsing fails, return an error
-		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid URL in link line '%s': %v", originalURLStr, err)
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid URL in link line '%s': %v", decodedURLStr, err)
 	}
 
 	// Resolve relative URLs against the base URL
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0853fb9..0692efa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@ import (
 
 var CONFIG Config
 
+var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
 func main() {
+	wg.Add(1)
 	CONFIG = *getConfig()
 	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
 	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(CONFIG.logLevel)