diff --git a/docs/features/Obsidian compatibility.md b/docs/features/Obsidian compatibility.md
index d519e1779..1254370e0 100644
--- a/docs/features/Obsidian compatibility.md	
+++ b/docs/features/Obsidian compatibility.md	
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Finally, Quartz also provides `Plugin.CrawlLinks` which allows you to customize
     - `callouts`: whether to enable [[callouts]]. Defaults to `true`
     - `mermaid`: whether to enable [[Mermaid diagrams]]. Defaults to `true`
     - `parseTags`: whether to try and parse tags in the content body. Defaults to `true`
+    - `parseArrows`: whether to try and parse arrows in the content body. Defaults to `true`.
     - `enableInHtmlEmbed`: whether to try and parse Obsidian flavoured markdown in raw HTML. Defaults to `false`
     - `enableYouTubeEmbed`: whether to enable embedded YouTube videos using external image Markdown syntax. Defaults to `false`
 - Link resolution behaviour:
diff --git a/docs/features/darkmode.md b/docs/features/darkmode.md
index dfa231409..dff75b44d 100644
--- a/docs/features/darkmode.md
+++ b/docs/features/darkmode.md
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ Quartz supports darkmode out of the box that respects the user's theme preferenc
 - Component: `quartz/components/Darkmode.tsx`
 - Style: `quartz/components/styles/darkmode.scss`
 - Script: `quartz/components/scripts/darkmode.inline.ts`
+
+You can also listen to the `themechange` event to perform any custom logic when the theme changes.
+
+```js
+document.addEventListener("themechange", (e) => {
+  console.log("Theme changed to " + e.detail.theme) // either "light" or "dark"
+  // your logic here
+})
+```
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 655f5c39b..7804ac6ba 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ This will guide you through initializing your Quartz with content. Once you've d
 4. [[build|Build and preview]] Quartz
 5. [[hosting|Host]] Quartz online
 
-> [!info]
-> Coming from Quartz 3? See the [[migrating from Quartz 3|migration guide]] for the differences between Quartz 3 and Quartz 4 and how to migrate.
-
 ## 🔧 Features
 
 - [[Obsidian compatibility]], [[full-text search]], [[graph view]], note transclusion, [[wikilinks]], [[backlinks]], [[Latex]], [[syntax highlighting]], [[popover previews]], [[Docker Support]], and [many more](./features) right out of the box
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index aec536d25..a6c594fff 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ declare module "*.scss" {
 // dom custom event
 interface CustomEventMap {
   nav: CustomEvent<{ url: FullSlug }>
+  themechange: CustomEvent<{ theme: "light" | "dark" }>
 }
 
 declare const fetchData: Promise<ContentIndex>
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 73531b4b9..7e135f1a3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@jackyzha0/quartz",
-  "version": "4.1.4",
+  "version": "4.1.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@jackyzha0/quartz",
-      "version": "4.1.4",
+      "version": "4.1.5",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@clack/prompts": "^0.7.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb79280d8..ea7629241 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "@jackyzha0/quartz",
   "description": "🌱 publish your digital garden and notes as a website",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "4.1.4",
+  "version": "4.1.5",
   "type": "module",
   "author": "jackyzha0 <j.zhao2k19@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/quartz/build.ts b/quartz/build.ts
index 24f049882..b78ff2bc6 100644
--- a/quartz/build.ts
+++ b/quartz/build.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ sourceMapSupport.install(options)
 import path from "path"
 import { PerfTimer } from "./util/perf"
 import { rimraf } from "rimraf"
-import { isGitIgnored } from "globby"
+import { GlobbyFilterFunction, isGitIgnored } from "globby"
 import chalk from "chalk"
 import { parseMarkdown } from "./processors/parse"
 import { filterContent } from "./processors/filter"
 import { emitContent } from "./processors/emit"
 import cfg from "../quartz.config"
-import { FilePath, joinSegments, slugifyFilePath } from "./util/path"
+import { FilePath, FullSlug, joinSegments, slugifyFilePath } from "./util/path"
 import chokidar from "chokidar"
 import { ProcessedContent } from "./plugins/vfile"
 import { Argv, BuildCtx } from "./util/ctx"
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ import { trace } from "./util/trace"
 import { options } from "./util/sourcemap"
 import { Mutex } from "async-mutex"
 
+type BuildData = {
+  ctx: BuildCtx
+  ignored: GlobbyFilterFunction
+  mut: Mutex
+  initialSlugs: FullSlug[]
+  // TODO merge contentMap and trackedAssets
+  contentMap: Map<FilePath, ProcessedContent>
+  trackedAssets: Set<FilePath>
+  toRebuild: Set<FilePath>
+  toRemove: Set<FilePath>
+  lastBuildMs: number
+}
+
 async function buildQuartz(argv: Argv, mut: Mutex, clientRefresh: () => void) {
   const ctx: BuildCtx = {
     argv,
@@ -73,92 +86,22 @@ async function startServing(
 ) {
   const { argv } = ctx
 
-  const ignored = await isGitIgnored()
   const contentMap = new Map<FilePath, ProcessedContent>()
   for (const content of initialContent) {
     const [_tree, vfile] = content
     contentMap.set(vfile.data.filePath!, content)
   }
 
-  const initialSlugs = ctx.allSlugs
-  let lastBuildMs = 0
-  const toRebuild: Set<FilePath> = new Set()
-  const toRemove: Set<FilePath> = new Set()
-  const trackedAssets: Set<FilePath> = new Set()
-  async function rebuild(fp: string, action: "add" | "change" | "delete") {
-    // don't do anything for gitignored files
-    if (ignored(fp)) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    // dont bother rebuilding for non-content files, just track and refresh
-    fp = toPosixPath(fp)
-    const filePath = joinSegments(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath
-    if (path.extname(fp) !== ".md") {
-      if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
-        trackedAssets.add(filePath)
-      } else if (action === "delete") {
-        trackedAssets.delete(filePath)
-      }
-      clientRefresh()
-      return
-    }
-
-    if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
-      toRebuild.add(filePath)
-    } else if (action === "delete") {
-      toRemove.add(filePath)
-    }
-
-    // debounce rebuilds every 250ms
-
-    const buildStart = new Date().getTime()
-    lastBuildMs = buildStart
-    const release = await mut.acquire()
-    if (lastBuildMs > buildStart) {
-      release()
-      return
-    }
-
-    const perf = new PerfTimer()
-    console.log(chalk.yellow("Detected change, rebuilding..."))
-    try {
-      const filesToRebuild = [...toRebuild].filter((fp) => !toRemove.has(fp))
-
-      const trackedSlugs = [...new Set([...contentMap.keys(), ...toRebuild, ...trackedAssets])]
-        .filter((fp) => !toRemove.has(fp))
-        .map((fp) => slugifyFilePath(path.posix.relative(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath))
-
-      ctx.allSlugs = [...new Set([...initialSlugs, ...trackedSlugs])]
-      const parsedContent = await parseMarkdown(ctx, filesToRebuild)
-      for (const content of parsedContent) {
-        const [_tree, vfile] = content
-        contentMap.set(vfile.data.filePath!, content)
-      }
-
-      for (const fp of toRemove) {
-        contentMap.delete(fp)
-      }
-
-      const parsedFiles = [...contentMap.values()]
-      const filteredContent = filterContent(ctx, parsedFiles)
-
-      // TODO: we can probably traverse the link graph to figure out what's safe to delete here
-      // instead of just deleting everything
-      await rimraf(argv.output)
-      await emitContent(ctx, filteredContent)
-      console.log(chalk.green(`Done rebuilding in ${perf.timeSince()}`))
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.log(chalk.yellow(`Rebuild failed. Waiting on a change to fix the error...`))
-      if (argv.verbose) {
-        console.log(chalk.red(err))
-      }
-    }
-
-    release()
-    clientRefresh()
-    toRebuild.clear()
-    toRemove.clear()
+  const buildData: BuildData = {
+    ctx,
+    mut,
+    contentMap,
+    ignored: await isGitIgnored(),
+    initialSlugs: ctx.allSlugs,
+    toRebuild: new Set<FilePath>(),
+    toRemove: new Set<FilePath>(),
+    trackedAssets: new Set<FilePath>(),
+    lastBuildMs: 0,
   }
 
   const watcher = chokidar.watch(".", {
@@ -168,15 +111,110 @@ async function startServing(
   })
 
   watcher
-    .on("add", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "add"))
-    .on("change", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "change"))
-    .on("unlink", (fp) => rebuild(fp, "delete"))
+    .on("add", (fp) => rebuildFromEntrypoint(fp, "add", clientRefresh, buildData))
+    .on("change", (fp) => rebuildFromEntrypoint(fp, "change", clientRefresh, buildData))
+    .on("unlink", (fp) => rebuildFromEntrypoint(fp, "delete", clientRefresh, buildData))
 
   return async () => {
     await watcher.close()
   }
 }
 
+async function rebuildFromEntrypoint(
+  fp: string,
+  action: "add" | "change" | "delete",
+  clientRefresh: () => void,
+  buildData: BuildData, // note: this function mutates buildData
+) {
+  const {
+    ctx,
+    ignored,
+    mut,
+    initialSlugs,
+    contentMap,
+    toRebuild,
+    toRemove,
+    trackedAssets,
+    lastBuildMs,
+  } = buildData
+
+  const { argv } = ctx
+
+  // don't do anything for gitignored files
+  if (ignored(fp)) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // dont bother rebuilding for non-content files, just track and refresh
+  fp = toPosixPath(fp)
+  const filePath = joinSegments(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath
+  if (path.extname(fp) !== ".md") {
+    if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
+      trackedAssets.add(filePath)
+    } else if (action === "delete") {
+      trackedAssets.delete(filePath)
+    }
+    clientRefresh()
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (action === "add" || action === "change") {
+    toRebuild.add(filePath)
+  } else if (action === "delete") {
+    toRemove.add(filePath)
+  }
+
+  // debounce rebuilds every 250ms
+
+  const buildStart = new Date().getTime()
+  buildData.lastBuildMs = buildStart
+  const release = await mut.acquire()
+  if (lastBuildMs > buildStart) {
+    release()
+    return
+  }
+
+  const perf = new PerfTimer()
+  console.log(chalk.yellow("Detected change, rebuilding..."))
+  try {
+    const filesToRebuild = [...toRebuild].filter((fp) => !toRemove.has(fp))
+
+    const trackedSlugs = [...new Set([...contentMap.keys(), ...toRebuild, ...trackedAssets])]
+      .filter((fp) => !toRemove.has(fp))
+      .map((fp) => slugifyFilePath(path.posix.relative(argv.directory, fp) as FilePath))
+
+    ctx.allSlugs = [...new Set([...initialSlugs, ...trackedSlugs])]
+    const parsedContent = await parseMarkdown(ctx, filesToRebuild)
+    for (const content of parsedContent) {
+      const [_tree, vfile] = content
+      contentMap.set(vfile.data.filePath!, content)
+    }
+
+    for (const fp of toRemove) {
+      contentMap.delete(fp)
+    }
+
+    const parsedFiles = [...contentMap.values()]
+    const filteredContent = filterContent(ctx, parsedFiles)
+
+    // TODO: we can probably traverse the link graph to figure out what's safe to delete here
+    // instead of just deleting everything
+    await rimraf(argv.output)
+    await emitContent(ctx, filteredContent)
+    console.log(chalk.green(`Done rebuilding in ${perf.timeSince()}`))
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(chalk.yellow(`Rebuild failed. Waiting on a change to fix the error...`))
+    if (argv.verbose) {
+      console.log(chalk.red(err))
+    }
+  }
+
+  release()
+  clientRefresh()
+  toRebuild.clear()
+  toRemove.clear()
+}
+
 export default async (argv: Argv, mut: Mutex, clientRefresh: () => void) => {
   try {
     return await buildQuartz(argv, mut, clientRefresh)
diff --git a/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx b/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
index 0497b6458..182d9d62c 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Breadcrumbs.tsx
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<BreadcrumbOptions>) => {
       for (const file of allFiles) {
         if (file.slug?.endsWith("index")) {
           const folderParts = file.slug?.split("/")
-          if (folderParts) {
-            // 2nd last to exclude the /index
-            const folderName = folderParts[folderParts?.length - 2]
+          // 2nd last to exclude the /index
+          const folderName = folderParts?.at(-2)
+          if (folderName) {
             folderIndex.set(folderName, file)
           }
         }
@@ -104,13 +104,14 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<BreadcrumbOptions>) => {
       }
 
       // Add current file to crumb (can directly use frontmatter title)
-      if (options.showCurrentPage && slugParts.at(-1) === "") {
+      if (options.showCurrentPage && slugParts.at(-1) !== "index") {
         crumbs.push({
           displayName: fileData.frontmatter!.title,
           path: "",
         })
       }
     }
+
     return (
       <nav class={`breadcrumb-container ${displayClass ?? ""}`} aria-label="breadcrumbs">
         {crumbs.map((crumb, index) => (
diff --git a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
index 21dc13f95..254c5d405 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
@@ -2,18 +2,37 @@ import { formatDate, getDate } from "./Date"
 import { QuartzComponentConstructor, QuartzComponentProps } from "./types"
 import readingTime from "reading-time"
 
-export default (() => {
+interface ContentMetaOptions {
+  /**
+   * Whether to display reading time
+   */
+  showReadingTime: boolean
+}
+
+const defaultOptions: ContentMetaOptions = {
+  showReadingTime: true,
+}
+
+export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
+  // Merge options with defaults
+  const options: ContentMetaOptions = { ...defaultOptions, ...opts }
+
   function ContentMetadata({ cfg, fileData, displayClass }: QuartzComponentProps) {
     const text = fileData.text
+
     if (text) {
       const segments: string[] = []
-      const { text: timeTaken, words: _words } = readingTime(text)
 
       if (fileData.dates) {
         segments.push(formatDate(getDate(cfg, fileData)!))
       }
 
-      segments.push(timeTaken)
+      // Display reading time if enabled
+      if (options.showReadingTime) {
+        const { text: timeTaken, words: _words } = readingTime(text)
+        segments.push(timeTaken)
+      }
+
       return <p class={`content-meta ${displayClass ?? ""}`}>{segments.join(", ")}</p>
     } else {
       return null
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/darkmode.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/darkmode.inline.ts
index c42a367c9..86735e396 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/darkmode.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/darkmode.inline.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@ const userPref = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: light)").matches ? "l
 const currentTheme = localStorage.getItem("theme") ?? userPref
 document.documentElement.setAttribute("saved-theme", currentTheme)
 
+const emitThemeChangeEvent = (theme: "light" | "dark") => {
+  const event: CustomEventMap["themechange"] = new CustomEvent("themechange", {
+    detail: { theme },
+  })
+  document.dispatchEvent(event)
+}
+
 document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
   const switchTheme = (e: any) => {
-    if (e.target.checked) {
-      document.documentElement.setAttribute("saved-theme", "dark")
-      localStorage.setItem("theme", "dark")
-    } else {
-      document.documentElement.setAttribute("saved-theme", "light")
-      localStorage.setItem("theme", "light")
-    }
+    const newTheme = e.target.checked ? "dark" : "light"
+    document.documentElement.setAttribute("saved-theme", newTheme)
+    localStorage.setItem("theme", newTheme)
+    emitThemeChangeEvent(newTheme)
   }
 
   // Darkmode toggle
@@ -28,5 +32,6 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
     document.documentElement.setAttribute("saved-theme", newTheme)
     localStorage.setItem("theme", newTheme)
     toggleSwitch.checked = e.matches
+    emitThemeChangeEvent(newTheme)
   })
 })
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
index 11e1c0da8..df21f6b35 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,14 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: unknown) => {
         const anchor = document.getElementsByClassName("result-card")[0] as HTMLInputElement | null
         anchor?.click()
       }
-    } else if (e.key === "ArrowDown") {
+    } else if (e.key === "ArrowUp" || (e.shiftKey && e.key === "Tab")) {
+      e.preventDefault()
+      if (results?.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+        // If an element in results-container already has focus, focus previous one
+        const prevResult = document.activeElement?.previousElementSibling as HTMLInputElement | null
+        prevResult?.focus()
+      }
+    } else if (e.key === "ArrowDown" || e.key === "Tab") {
       e.preventDefault()
       // When first pressing ArrowDown, results wont contain the active element, so focus first element
       if (!results?.contains(document.activeElement)) {
@@ -145,13 +152,6 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: unknown) => {
         const nextResult = document.activeElement?.nextElementSibling as HTMLInputElement | null
         nextResult?.focus()
       }
-    } else if (e.key === "ArrowUp") {
-      e.preventDefault()
-      if (results?.contains(document.activeElement)) {
-        // If an element in results-container already has focus, focus previous one
-        const prevResult = document.activeElement?.previousElementSibling as HTMLInputElement | null
-        prevResult?.focus()
-      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -222,16 +222,16 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: unknown) => {
 
   const resultToHTML = ({ slug, title, content, tags }: Item) => {
     const htmlTags = tags.length > 0 ? `<ul>${tags.join("")}</ul>` : ``
-    const button = document.createElement("button")
-    button.classList.add("result-card")
-    button.id = slug
-    button.innerHTML = `<h3>${title}</h3>${htmlTags}<p>${content}</p>`
-    button.addEventListener("click", () => {
-      const targ = resolveRelative(currentSlug, slug)
-      window.spaNavigate(new URL(targ, window.location.toString()))
+    const itemTile = document.createElement("a")
+    itemTile.classList.add("result-card")
+    itemTile.id = slug
+    itemTile.href = new URL(resolveRelative(currentSlug, slug), location.toString()).toString()
+    itemTile.innerHTML = `<h3>${title}</h3>${htmlTags}<p>${content}</p>`
+    itemTile.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+      if (event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.shiftKey) return
       hideSearch()
     })
-    return button
+    return itemTile
   }
 
   function displayResults(finalResults: Item[]) {
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: unknown) => {
 
     removeAllChildren(results)
     if (finalResults.length === 0) {
-      results.innerHTML = `<button class="result-card">
+      results.innerHTML = `<a class="result-card">
                     <h3>No results.</h3>
                     <p>Try another search term?</p>
-                </button>`
+                </a>`
     } else {
       results.append(...finalResults.map(resultToHTML))
     }
diff --git a/quartz/components/styles/popover.scss b/quartz/components/styles/popover.scss
index fae0e121b..e46292a21 100644
--- a/quartz/components/styles/popover.scss
+++ b/quartz/components/styles/popover.scss
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     max-height: 20rem;
     padding: 0 1rem 1rem 1rem;
     font-weight: initial;
+    font-style: initial;
     line-height: normal;
     font-size: initial;
     font-family: var(--bodyFont);
diff --git a/quartz/components/styles/search.scss b/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
index 12a4056be..75fe7ce5c 100644
--- a/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
+++ b/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
           border-bottom: none;
           width: 100%;
 
-          // normalize button props
+          // normalize card props
           font-family: inherit;
           font-size: 100%;
           line-height: 1.15;
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
           text-align: left;
           background: var(--light);
           outline: none;
+          font-weight: inherit;
 
           & .highlight {
             color: var(--secondary);
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index e1a719c6f..c06729676 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { QuartzTransformerPlugin } from "../types"
-import { Root, Html, Image, BlockContent, DefinitionContent, Paragraph, Code } from "mdast"
+import { Root, Html, BlockContent, DefinitionContent, Paragraph, Code } from "mdast"
 import { Element, Literal, Root as HtmlRoot } from "hast"
 import { ReplaceFunction, findAndReplace as mdastFindReplace } from "mdast-util-find-and-replace"
 import { slug as slugAnchor } from "github-slugger"
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface Options {
   callouts: boolean
   mermaid: boolean
   parseTags: boolean
+  parseArrows: boolean
   parseBlockReferences: boolean
   enableInHtmlEmbed: boolean
   enableYouTubeEmbed: boolean
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const defaultOptions: Options = {
   callouts: true,
   mermaid: true,
   parseTags: true,
+  parseArrows: true,
   parseBlockReferences: true,
   enableInHtmlEmbed: false,
   enableYouTubeEmbed: true,
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ function canonicalizeCallout(calloutName: string): keyof typeof callouts {
 
 export const externalLinkRegex = /^https?:\/\//i
 
+export const arrowRegex = new RegExp(/-{1,2}>/, "g")
+
 // !?               -> optional embedding
 // \[\[             -> open brace
 // ([^\[\]\|\#]+)   -> one or more non-special characters ([,],|, or #) (name)
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ export const wikilinkRegex = new RegExp(
   "g",
 )
 const highlightRegex = new RegExp(/==([^=]+)==/, "g")
-const commentRegex = new RegExp(/%%(.+)%%/, "g")
+const commentRegex = new RegExp(/%%[\s\S]*?%%/, "g")
 // from https://github.com/escwxyz/remark-obsidian-callout/blob/main/src/index.ts
 const calloutRegex = new RegExp(/^\[\!(\w+)\]([+-]?)/)
 const calloutLineRegex = new RegExp(/^> *\[\!\w+\][+-]?.*$/, "gm")
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ const calloutLineRegex = new RegExp(/^> *\[\!\w+\][+-]?.*$/, "gm")
 // (?:[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}])+       -> non-capturing group, non-empty string of (Unicode-aware) alpha-numeric characters and symbols, hyphens and/or underscores
 // (?:\/[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}]+)*)   -> non-capturing group, matches an arbitrary number of tag strings separated by "/"
 const tagRegex = new RegExp(/(?:^| )#((?:[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\d])+(?:\/[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\d]+)*)/, "gu")
-const blockReferenceRegex = new RegExp(/\^([A-Za-z0-9]+)$/, "g")
+const blockReferenceRegex = new RegExp(/\^([-_A-Za-z0-9]+)$/, "g")
 const ytLinkRegex = /^.*(youtu.be\/|v\/|u\/\w\/|embed\/|watch\?v=|\&v=)([^#\&\?]*).*/
 const videoExtensionRegex = new RegExp(/\.(mp4|webm|ogg|avi|mov|flv|wmv|mkv|mpg|mpeg|3gp|m4v)$/)
 
@@ -147,6 +151,15 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
   return {
     name: "ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown",
     textTransform(_ctx, src) {
+      // do comments at text level
+      if (opts.comments) {
+        if (src instanceof Buffer) {
+          src = src.toString()
+        }
+
+        src = src.replace(commentRegex, "")
+      }
+
       // pre-transform blockquotes
       if (opts.callouts) {
         if (src instanceof Buffer) {
@@ -282,13 +295,13 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>
             ])
           }
 
-          if (opts.comments) {
+          if (opts.parseArrows) {
             replacements.push([
-              commentRegex,
+              arrowRegex,
               (_value: string, ..._capture: string[]) => {
                 return {
-                  type: "text",
-                  value: "",
+                  type: "html",
+                  value: `<span>&rarr;</span>`,
                 }
               },
             ])