diff --git a/MarkdownParse.java b/MarkdownParse.java
index 0534f8140..9b49fe2da 100644
--- a/MarkdownParse.java
+++ b/MarkdownParse.java
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ public static ArrayList<String> getLinks(String markdown) {
             int nextCloseBracket = markdown.indexOf("]", nextOpenBracket);
             int openParen = markdown.indexOf("(", nextCloseBracket);
             int closeParen = markdown.indexOf(")", openParen);
+            if(nextOpenBracket == -1 || nextCloseBracket == -1 || openParen == -1 || closeParen == -1){
+                return toReturn;
+            }
             toReturn.add(markdown.substring(openParen + 1, closeParen));
             currentIndex = closeParen + 1;
+            System.out.println(currentIndex);
         }
         return toReturn;
     }
diff --git a/MarkdownParseTest.java b/MarkdownParseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/break-file.md b/break-file.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a97387455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/break-file.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Title
diff --git a/break-file2.md b/break-file2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89c341252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/break-file2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[example]
+extra text to mess it up
+(some-page.html)
\ No newline at end of file