diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0be8a05..ea95484 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "website-build-tools"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 description = "tools for building websites, used by defelement.org and quadraturerules.org"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8.0"
diff --git a/webtools/__init__.py b/webtools/__init__.py
index e122254..95e3d21 100644
--- a/webtools/__init__.py
+++ b/webtools/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Website building tools."""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.10"
+__version__ = "0.1.11"
diff --git a/webtools/markup.py b/webtools/markup.py
index a6865e2..d941185 100644
--- a/webtools/markup.py
+++ b/webtools/markup.py
@@ -425,8 +425,6 @@ def markup(content: str, root_dir: str = "") -> str:
 
     out = out.replace("(CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)", "(code-of-conduct.md)")
 
-    out = re.sub(r" *<ref ([^>]+)>", add_citation, out)
-
     if settings.insert_links is None:
         out = insert_links(out, root_dir)
     else:
@@ -438,6 +436,8 @@ def markup(content: str, root_dir: str = "") -> str:
     for c, d in settings.str_extras:
         out = out.replace(c, d)
 
+    out = re.sub(r" *<ref ([^>]+)>", add_citation, out)
+
     out = re.sub(r"`([^`]+)`", r"<span style='font-family:monospace'>\1</span>", out)
 
     out = re.sub(r"\*\*([^\n]+)\*\*", r"<strong>\1</strong>", out)