diff --git a/content/about.tree b/content/about.tree
index a269d21..0737a29 100644
--- a/content/about.tree
+++ b/content/about.tree
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@
             - so you may see me doing other random and weird stuff
 
             % id = "01H89P3CH89P2Q9XGQD7BCF0R6"
-            - perhaps [compilers][stitchkit/repo] are one of those weird things
+            - perhaps [compilers][def:stitchkit/repo] are one of those weird things
 
             % id = "01H89P3CH8DYZHMQTGZDAEBNXN"
-            + or [audio][dawd3/repo]
+            + or [audio][def:dawd3/repo]
 
                 % id = "01H89P3CH859AAGFEABN8EANSJ"
                 - my favorite part of that is blowing my own eardrums out with my math skill, which is rather *underdeveloped* so to speak
diff --git a/crates/treehouse/src/config.rs b/crates/treehouse/src/config.rs
index 7a728cc..d92a401 100644
--- a/crates/treehouse/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/treehouse/src/config.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// User-defined keys.
     pub user: HashMap<String, String>,
 
-    /// Links exported to Markdown for use with reference syntax `[text][key]`.
-    pub links: HashMap<String, String>,
+    /// Links exported to Markdown for use with reference syntax `[text][def:key]`.
+    pub defs: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
diff --git a/crates/treehouse/src/html/tree.rs b/crates/treehouse/src/html/tree.rs
index 77a7c0b..44caa32 100644
--- a/crates/treehouse/src/html/tree.rs
+++ b/crates/treehouse/src/html/tree.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ pub fn branch_to_html(
                     .reference
                     .split_once(':')
                     .and_then(|(kind, linked)| match kind {
+                        "def" => config
+                            .defs
+                            .get(linked)
+                            .map(|link| (link.clone().into(), "".into())),
                         "branch" => treehouse
                             .branches_by_named_id
                             .get(linked)
diff --git a/treehouse.toml b/treehouse.toml
index 7ea7dc7..8d4fb5a 100644
--- a/treehouse.toml
+++ b/treehouse.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ site = "http://localhost:8080"
 title = "liquidex's treehouse"
 author = "liquidex"
 
-[links]
+[defs]
 "stitchkit/repo" = "https://github.com/liquidev/stitchkit"
 "dawd3/repo" = "https://github.com/liquidev/dawd3"