diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..f7dfd22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
-/target
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# IntelliJ generated files
+*.idea
diff --git a/src/extract.rs b/src/extract.rs
index b6f7202..020b6c7 100644
--- a/src/extract.rs
+++ b/src/extract.rs
@@ -286,6 +286,49 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(links, HashSet::new())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_markdown_internal_url() {
+        let base_url = "https://localhost.com/";
+        let input = "This is [an internal url](@/internal.md) \
+        This is [an internal url](@/internal.markdown) \
+        This is [an internal url](@/internal.markdown#example) \
+        This is [an internal url](@/internal.md#example)";
+        let links: HashSet<Uri> = extract_links(
+            &InputContent::from_string(input, FileType::Markdown),
+            Some(Url::parse(base_url).unwrap()),
+        )
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|r| r.uri)
+        .collect();
+
+        let expected = [
+            website("https://localhost.com/@/internal.md"),
+            website("https://localhost.com/@/internal.markdown"),
+            website("https://localhost.com/@/internal.md#example"),
+            website("https://localhost.com/@/internal.markdown#example"),
+        ]
+        .iter()
+        .cloned()
+        .collect();
+
+        assert_eq!(links, expected)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skip_markdown_email() {
+        let input = "Get in touch - [Contact Us](mailto:test@test.com)";
+        let links: HashSet<Uri> =
+            extract_links(&InputContent::from_string(input, FileType::Markdown), None)
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|r| r.uri)
+                .collect();
+        let expected: HashSet<Uri> = [Uri::Mail("test@test.com".to_string())]
+            .iter()
+            .cloned()
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(links, expected)
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_non_markdown_links() {
         let input =
diff --git a/src/uri.rs b/src/uri.rs
index 9e2b271..57ff67c 100644
--- a/src/uri.rs
+++ b/src/uri.rs
@@ -40,19 +40,28 @@ impl Uri {
     }
 }
 
+fn is_internal_link(link: &str) -> bool {
+    // The first element should contain the Markdown file link
+    // @see https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#links
+    let anchor_links = link.split('#').next().unwrap_or("");
+    anchor_links.ends_with(".md") | anchor_links.ends_with(".markdown")
+}
+
 impl TryFrom<&str> for Uri {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
 
     fn try_from(s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        // Check for internal Markdown links
+        let is_link_internal = is_internal_link(s);
         // Remove the `mailto` scheme if it exists
         // to avoid parsing it as a website URL.
         let s = s.trim_start_matches("mailto:");
+        if s.contains('@') & !is_link_internal {
+            return Ok(Uri::Mail(s.to_string()));
+        }
         if let Ok(uri) = Url::parse(s) {
             return Ok(Uri::Website(uri));
         };
-        if s.contains('@') {
-            return Ok(Uri::Mail(s.to_string()));
-        };
         bail!("Cannot convert to Uri")
     }
 }