diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 50689ff..90f1e44 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ RUN yarn build
 
 FROM node:18-bookworm AS runner
 
-
-COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./
-
 WORKDIR /app/dist
 
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./
 COPY ./docker/wait-for-it.sh .
 
 EXPOSE 80
diff --git a/src/service/template/index.ts b/src/service/template/index.ts
index 4771bf8..ed211f8 100644
--- a/src/service/template/index.ts
+++ b/src/service/template/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import hb from "handlebars";
 import strip from "strip-markdown";
 import { VFileCompatible } from "vfile";
-import transformMDLinks from "../../utils/transformMDLinks";
+import { transformMDLinks } from "../../utils/links";
 
 const removeFrontmatter = () => (tree) => {
   tree.children = tree.children.filter((item) => item.type !== "yaml");
diff --git a/src/service/vk/handlers/PostNewHandler.ts b/src/service/vk/handlers/PostNewHandler.ts
index b8a6095..a5f5daa 100644
--- a/src/service/vk/handlers/PostNewHandler.ts
+++ b/src/service/vk/handlers/PostNewHandler.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   User,
 } from "typegram";
 import { keys } from "lodash";
-import { extractURLs } from "../../../utils/extract";
+import { extractURLs } from "../../../utils/links";
 import logger from "../../logger";
 import Composer from "telegraf";
 import { Template } from "../../template";
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/extractURLs.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/extractURLs.test.ts
index ffabfda..ebf2b4a 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/extractURLs.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/extractURLs.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { extractURLs } from "../extract";
+import { extractURLs } from "../links";
 
 describe("extractURLs", () => {
   it("extracts simple urls", () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/transformMDLinks.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/transformMDLinks.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46e4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/transformMDLinks.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { transformMDLinks } from "../links";
+
+describe("transformMDLinks", () => {
+  it("extracts simple urls", () => {
+    const result = transformMDLinks(
+      "Trying out links https://map.vault48.org/test 123"
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      "Trying out links [https://map.vault48…](https://map.vault48.org/test) 123"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("works with that weird new VK urls", () => {
+    const result = transformMDLinks(
+      "Trying out links [#alias|12345678901234567890123|https://map.vault48.org/test_abc_def_ghi] 123"
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toBe(
+      "Trying out links [1234567890123456789…](https://map.vault48.org/test_abc_def_ghi) 123"
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/extract.ts b/src/utils/extract.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 70e6279..0000000
--- a/src/utils/extract.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { URL } from "url";
-
-const urlRe = /(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,})/gim;
-
-export const extractURLs = (text: string): URL[] => {
-  const matches = text.match(urlRe) || [];
-
-  return matches
-    .map((m) => {
-      try {
-        return new URL(m);
-      } catch (e) {
-        return;
-      }
-    })
-    .filter((el) => el) as URL[];
-};
diff --git a/src/utils/links.ts b/src/utils/links.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd2429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/links.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { URL } from "url";
+
+const simpleUrlRegex = /(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,})/gim;
+const weirdLongUrlRegex = /\[(.*)\|(.*)\|(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s\]]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s\]]{2,})\]/g;
+
+/** Extracts URLs from text */
+export const extractURLs = (text: string): URL[] => {
+  const matches = text.match(simpleUrlRegex) || [];
+
+  return matches
+    .map((m) => {
+      try {
+        return new URL(m);
+      } catch (e) {
+        return;
+      }
+    })
+    .filter((el) => el) as URL[];
+};
+
+/** Adds ... to text if its length exceeds maxLength */
+const trimTo = (val: string, maxLength: number) =>
+  val.length > maxLength ? val.substring(0, maxLength - 1).concat("…") : val;
+
+/** Formatting all links in markdown output, trimming them to reasonable length */
+export const transformMDLinks = (value: string) =>
+  value
+    .replace(weirdLongUrlRegex, (val, ...args) => {
+      if (args.length < 2) {
+        return val;
+      }
+
+      return `[${trimTo(args[1], 20)}](${args[2]})`;
+    })
+    .replace(simpleUrlRegex, (val) => {
+      if (val.endsWith(")")) {
+        return val;
+      }
+
+      return `[${trimTo(val, 20)}](${val})`;
+    });
diff --git a/src/utils/transformMDLinks.ts b/src/utils/transformMDLinks.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b036bc..0000000
--- a/src/utils/transformMDLinks.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const urlRegex = /(https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]\.[^\s]{2,}|https?:\/\/(?:www\.|(?!www))[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,}|www\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.[^\s]{2,})/g;
-
-const trimTo = (val: string, maxLength: number) =>
-  val.length > maxLength ? val.substring(0, maxLength - 1).concat("…") : val;
-
-/** Formatting all links in markdown output, trimming them to reasonable length */
-export default (value: string) =>
-  value.replace(urlRegex, (val) => {
-    return `[${trimTo(val, 20)}](${val})`;
-  });