diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/references.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/references.rs
index 7572626..2c9366f 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/references.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/references.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn references_from_urlrakes(
     input
         .iter()
         .map(|url_raked| RakedReference {
-            target: url_raked.url.to_string(),
+            target: clean_url(&url_raked.url).to_string(),
             kind: ref_kind,
             last_mod: url_raked
                 .last_changed