# Internal links not working

**URL:** https://zola.discourse.group/t/internal-links-not-working/2540
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/internal-links-not-working/2540 "2025-03-19T19:43:44Z")
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### Author: ![deilayborer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@deilayborer](https://zola.discourse.group/u/deilayborer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/internal-links-not-working/2540/1 "2025-03-19T19:43:44Z")

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As the subject says, I can’t get internal links (as explained [in the docs](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/linking/#internal-links)) to work properly.

I have a file in the root of my `/content/` directory, and I’m trying to link to a section index. In other words, the relevant part of the site layout is:

```auto
├── config.toml
├── content/
│ └── _index.md
│ └── otherpage.md
│ └── chapter 1/
│ └── _index.md

```

In `otherpage.md`, I tried a relative link like so: `[a link](@/chapter 1/_index.md)`. However, it just renders the whole thing verbatim, i.e. it isn’t parsed/converted into a link.

I’ve tried it both via `zola serve` and with `build`. I’ve also tried setting `base_url` in the config to `"/"` and to the actual address it’ll be on when I’m done, but no combination of these has worked.

Any ideas on what I might be missing?