diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
index ca5f5a8dd..9bb6bcb50 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/explorer.inline.ts
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ function setupExplorer() {
         }
       }
     })
-  } else {
+  } else if (explorer?.dataset.tree) {
     // If tree is not in localStorage or config is disabled, use tree passed from Explorer as dataset
-    explorerState = JSON.parse(explorer?.dataset.tree as string)
+    explorerState = JSON.parse(explorer.dataset.tree)
   }
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ window.addEventListener("resize", setupExplorer, {passive: true})
 document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
   setupExplorer()
 
-  const explorerContent = document.getElementById("explorer-ul")
+  observer.disconnect()
+
   // select pseudo element at end of list
   const lastItem = document.getElementById("explorer-end")
 
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
index 473363d3c..4d755904e 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/spa.inline.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ let p: DOMParser
 async function navigate(url: URL, isBack: boolean = false) {
   p = p || new DOMParser()
   const contents = await fetch(`${url}`)
-    .then((res) => res.text())
+    .then((res) => {
+      const contentType = res.headers.get("content-type")
+      if (contentType?.startsWith("text/html")) {
+        return res.text()
+      } else {
+        window.location.assign(url)
+      }
+    })
     .catch(() => {
       window.location.assign(url)
     })
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 8d16136f3..eec473c10 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options> | undefined> =
                 node.properties.className ??= []
                 node.properties.className.push(isAbsoluteUrl(dest) ? "external" : "internal")
 
+                // Check if the link has alias text
+                if (
+                  node.children.length === 1 &&
+                  node.children[0].type === "text" &&
+                  node.children[0].value !== dest
+                ) {
+                  // Add the 'alias' class if the text content is not the same as the href
+                  node.properties.className.push("alias")
+                }
+
                 if (opts.openLinksInNewTab) {
                   node.properties.target = "_blank"
                 }
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 628d06d73..261bc057f 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
           const fp = rawFp ?? ""
           const anchor = rawHeader?.trim().replace(/^#+/, "")
           const displayAnchor = anchor ? `#${slugAnchor(anchor)}` : ""
-          const displayAlias = rawAlias ?? anchor ?? ""
+          const displayAlias = rawAlias ?? rawHeader?.replace("#", "|") ?? ""
           const embedDisplay = value.startsWith("!") ? "!" : ""
           return `${embedDisplay}[[${fp}${displayAnchor}${displayAlias}]]`
         })