diff --git a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
index fa720556..4ded6f60 100644
--- a/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
+++ b/plugs/markdown/markdown_render.ts
@@ -573,9 +573,8 @@ export function renderMarkdownToHtml(
           t.attrs!.href = options.translateUrls!(t.attrs!.href, "link");
         }
         if (t.attrs!["data-ref"]?.length) {
-          const pageMeta = allPages.find((p) =>
-            t.attrs!["data-ref"]!.startsWith(p.name)
-          );
+          const pageRef = parsePageRef(t.attrs!["data-ref"]!);
+          const pageMeta = allPages.find((p) => pageRef.page === p.name);
           if (pageMeta) {
             t.body = [(pageMeta.pageDecoration?.prefix ?? "") + t.body];
           }