diff --git a/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/index.html b/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/index.html
index 8b90d2176..7e6ff893b 100644
--- a/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/index.html
+++ b/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/index.html
@@ -72,13 +72,12 @@ <h3 class="mt3 f3 fw6">Demos</h3>
 <script src="./dist/microlink.min.js"></script>
 <script>
   document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function (event) {
-    const links = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('a')).map(el => {
-      if (el.href.startsWith('/')) {
-        el.setAttribute('href', new URL(el.href, window.location.href).toString())
-      }
-      return el
-    })
-    .filter(el => el.href.startsWith('http') && !el.href.includes('localhost'))
+    const links = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('a'))
+      .map(el => {
+        el.href = new URL(el.href).toString()
+        return el
+      })
+      .filter(el => el.href.startsWith('http') && !el.href.includes('localhost'))
 
     microlinkHover(links, {
       media: ['iframe', 'video', 'audio', 'image', 'logo']
diff --git a/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/joshwcomeau.html b/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/joshwcomeau.html
index e9d0bf962..ed8d00f78 100644
--- a/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/joshwcomeau.html
+++ b/packages/hover-vanilla/demo/joshwcomeau.html
@@ -435,12 +435,12 @@
   <script src="./dist/microlink.min.js"></script>
   <script>
     document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function (event) {
-      const links = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.Link__ExternalLink-sc-68e6gi-0')).map(el => {
-        if (el.href.startsWith('/')) {
-          el.setAttribute('href', new URL(el.href, window.location.href).toString())
-        }
+      const links = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('a'))
+      .map(el => {
+        el.href = new URL(el.href).toString()
         return el
-      }).filter(el => el.href.startsWith('http') && !el.href.includes('localhost'))
+      })
+      .filter(el => el.href.startsWith('http') && !el.href.includes('localhost'))
 
       microlinkHover(links, {
         media: ['iframe', 'video', 'audio', 'image', 'logo']