diff --git a/src/conversion/find_and_replace_text.ts b/src/conversion/find_and_replace_text.ts
index 486d0d92..638ca8e9 100644
--- a/src/conversion/find_and_replace_text.ts
+++ b/src/conversion/find_and_replace_text.ts
@@ -56,20 +56,25 @@ export default function findAndReplaceText(
 }
 
 
-export function replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(text: string, toReplace: string | RegExp, replaceWith: string) {
+export function replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(text: string, toReplace: string | RegExp, replaceWith: string, links?: boolean) {
 	let regexWithString: string ;
 	let regex: RegExp;
+
 	if (toReplace instanceof RegExp) {
-		regexWithString = "```[\\s\\S]*?```|`[^`]*`|" + toReplace.source;
+		regexWithString = "```[\\s\\S]*?```|`[^`]*`|";
+		if (links) regexWithString += "\\\\?!?";
+		regexWithString += toReplace.source;
 		regex = new RegExp(regexWithString, `g${toReplace.flags}`);
 	} else {
-		regexWithString = "```[\\s\\S]*?```|`[^`]*`|" + escapeRegex(toReplace);
+		regexWithString = "```[\\s\\S]*?```|`[^`]*`|\\\\?!?";
+		if (links) regexWithString += "\\\\?!?";
+		regexWithString += escapeRegex(toReplace);
 		regex = new RegExp(regexWithString, "g");
 	}
 	return text.replace(regex, (match) => {
-		if (match.match(/`[^`]*`/)) {
+		if (match.match(/`[^`]*`/) || match.match(/```[\s\S]*?```/)) {
 			return match;
-		} else if (match.match(/```[\s\S]*?```/)) {
+		} else if (links && match.match(/^\\/)) {
 			return match;
 		} else {
 			return match.replace(toReplace, replaceWith);
diff --git a/src/conversion/links.ts b/src/conversion/links.ts
index 0a567c8f..09717fd0 100644
--- a/src/conversion/links.ts
+++ b/src/conversion/links.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export function convertWikilinks(
 					) {
 						linkCreator = "";
 					}
-					fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, wikiMatch, linkCreator);
+					fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, wikiMatch, linkCreator, true);
 
 				} else if (!fileName.startsWith("http")) {
 					const altMatch = wikiMatch.match(/(\|).*(]])/);
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export function convertWikilinks(
 					) {
 						linkCreator = "";
 					}
-					fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, wikiMatch, linkCreator);
+					fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, wikiMatch, linkCreator, true);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export async function convertLinkCitation(
 					newLink = `[${altText}](${pathInGithub})`;
 				}
 				newLink = addAltText(newLink, linkedFile);
-				fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, link, newLink);
+				fileContent = replaceTextNotInCodeBlocks(fileContent, link, newLink, true);
 			}
 		}
 	}