diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/LinkConverter.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/LinkConverter.scala
index 951a45d..59bebe6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/LinkConverter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/LinkConverter.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import gitbucket.core.controller.Context
 import gitbucket.core.service.{RepositoryService, RequestCache}
-import gitbucket.core.util.Implicits
 import gitbucket.core.util.Implicits.RichString
 
 trait LinkConverter { self: RequestCache =>
@@ -11,10 +10,12 @@
    * Converts issue id, username and commit id to link.
    */
   protected def convertRefsLinks(value: String, repository: RepositoryService.RepositoryInfo,
-                                 issueIdPrefix: String =  "#")(implicit context: Context): String = {
-    value
-      // escape HTML tags
-      .replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("\"", "&quot;")
+      issueIdPrefix: String =  "#", escapeHtml: Boolean = true)(implicit context: Context): String = {
+
+    // escape HTML tags
+    val escaped = if(escapeHtml) value.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("\"", "&quot;") else value
+
+    escaped
       // convert issue id to link
       .replaceBy(("(?<=(^|\\W))" + issueIdPrefix + "([0-9]+)(?=(\\W|$))").r){ m =>
         getIssue(repository.owner, repository.name, m.group(2)) match {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/Markdown.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/Markdown.scala
index 7f7e1fd..2cf6ca5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/Markdown.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/view/Markdown.scala
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@
     }
   }
 
+  override def visit(node: VerbatimNode) {
+    val printer = new Printer()
+    val serializer = verbatimSerializers.get(VerbatimSerializer.DEFAULT)
+    serializer.serialize(node, printer)
+    val html = printer.getString
+
+    // convert commit id and username to link.
+    val t = if(enableRefsLink) convertRefsLinks(html, repository, "issue:", escapeHtml = false) else html
+
+    this.printer.print(t)
+  }
+
   override def visit(node: BulletListNode): Unit = {
     if (printChildrenToString(node).contains("""class="task-list-item-checkbox" """)) {
       printer.println().print("""<ul class="task-list">""").indent(+2)