diff --git a/packages/server/src/distributor.ts b/packages/server/src/distributor.ts
index 68065a3..bb1a037 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/distributor.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/distributor.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export class Distributor {
 
     const dom = parseHTML(output.content);
 
+    // Get text content before link replacement, because in text format we need original links
+    const stdTextContent = dom.document.documentElement.textContent;
+
     // post-process
     // TODO: generate dom in handler and not parse here twice
     replaceHref(
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ export class Distributor {
     const title = output.title || dom.document.title;
     const lang = output.lang || dom.document.documentElement.lang;
     const textContent =
-      html2text(output, dom.document, title) ||
+      html2text(stdTextContent, output, title) ||
       'Text output cannot be generated.';
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/html2text.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/html2text.ts
index 270e279..d4d60c0 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/html2text.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/html2text.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ function setTitle(body: string | null, title: string) {
   return `${title.toUpperCase()}\n${'='.repeat(title.length)}\n\n${body}`;
 }
 
-export function html2text(output: EngineOutput, doc: Document, title: string) {
+export function html2text(
+  stdTextContent: string | null,
+  output: EngineOutput,
+  title: string
+) {
   if (output.textContent) return output.textContent;
   else if (config.plugin.html2text)
     return setTitle(config.plugin.html2text(output.content), title);
-  else return setTitle(doc.documentElement.textContent, title);
+  else return setTitle(stdTextContent, title);
 }