diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index aebdc7f..bfd861f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -289,7 +289,19 @@ export function applyToLink(a, currentUrl) {
 		&& !a.firstElementChild
 	) {
 		const shortened = shortenRepoUrl(url, currentUrl);
-		a.innerHTML = shortened;
+		a.replaceChildren(
+			...shortened.split(
+				/<code>([^<]+)<\/code>/g,
+			).map((part, i) => {
+				if (i % 2 === 0) {
+					return part;
+				}
+
+				const codeElement = document.createElement('code');
+				codeElement.textContent = part;
+				return codeElement;
+			}),
+		);
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index 1a4e9f0..7b60bda 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import test from 'ava';
-import shortenUrl from './index.js';
+import {Window} from 'happy-dom';
+import shortenUrl, {applyToLink} from './index.js';
 
 const currentLocation = 'https://github.com/fregante/shorten-repo-url/issue/1';
+globalThis.document = new Window({url: currentLocation}).document;
 
 function urlMatcherMacro(t, shouldMatch = []) {
 	for (const [originalUrl, expectedShortenedUrl] of shouldMatch) {
@@ -534,3 +536,19 @@ test('External URLs', urlMatcherMacro, new Map([
 		'example.com/nodejs/node/blob/cc8fc46/.gitignore',
 	],
 ]));
+
+test('applyToLink', t => {
+	const a = document.createElement('a');
+	a.href = 'https://github.com';
+	a.textContent = 'https://github.com';
+	t.true(applyToLink(a, currentLocation));
+	t.is(a.textContent, 'github.com');
+});
+
+test('applyToLink with a link that generates a HTML child element', t => {
+	const a = document.createElement('a');
+	a.href = 'https://github.com/fregante/shorten-repo-url/blob/master/.gitignore';
+	a.textContent = 'https://github.com/fregante/shorten-repo-url/blob/master/.gitignore';
+	t.true(applyToLink(a, currentLocation));
+	t.is(a.innerHTML, '<code>master</code>/.gitignore');
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0c05f5..3bc7b24 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 	},
 	"xo": {
 		"parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
+		"globals": [
+			"document"
+		],
 		"rules": {
 			"unicorn/better-regex": "off",
 			"unicorn/prefer-module": "off",
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@sindresorhus/tsconfig": "^5.0.0",
 		"ava": "^6.1.3",
+		"happy-dom": "^15.0.0",
 		"tsd": "^0.31.1",
 		"xo": "^0.58.0"
 	},