diff --git a/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex b/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
index 149f00d..9e4941f 100644
--- a/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
+++ b/lib/auto_linker/parser.ex
@@ -204,19 +204,8 @@ defmodule AutoLinker.Parser do
         handler
       )
 
-  defp do_parse(
-         {<<char::bytes-size(1), text::binary>>, user_acc},
-         opts,
-         {buffer, acc, {:open, level}},
-         handler
-       )
-       when char in [" ", "\r", "\n"] do
-    do_parse(
-      {text, user_acc},
-      opts,
-      {"", acc <> buffer <> char, {:attrs, level}},
-      handler
-    )
+  defp do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {buffer, acc, {:open, level}}, handler) do
+    do_parse({text, user_acc}, opts, {"", acc <> buffer, {:attrs, level}}, handler)
   end
 
   # default cases where state is not important
diff --git a/test/auto_linker_test.exs b/test/auto_linker_test.exs
index e6706fa..46be2fd 100644
--- a/test/auto_linker_test.exs
+++ b/test/auto_linker_test.exs
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ defmodule AutoLinkerTest do
              ) == expected
     end
 
+    test "mentions inside html tags" do
+      text =
+        "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><`em>another @user__test and @user__test google.com paragraph</em></p>\n"
+
+      expected =
+        "<p><strong>hello world</strong></p>\n<p><`em>another <a href=\"u/user__test\">@user__test</a> and <a href=\"u/user__test\">@user__test</a> <a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a> paragraph</em></p>\n"
+
+      assert AutoLinker.link(text,
+               mention: true,
+               mention_prefix: "u/",
+               class: false,
+               rel: false,
+               new_window: false
+             ) == expected
+    end
+
     test "metion @user@example.com" do
       text = "hey @user@example.com"
 
diff --git a/test/parser_test.exs b/test/parser_test.exs
index 66bfb97..b977169 100644
--- a/test/parser_test.exs
+++ b/test/parser_test.exs
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ defmodule AutoLinker.ParserTest do
     end
 
     test "links url inside html" do
+      text = "<div>google.com</div>"
+
+      expected = "<div><a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a></div>"
+
+      assert parse(text, class: false, rel: false, new_window: false) == expected
+
+      text = "Check out <div class='section'>google.com</div>"
+
+      expected =
+        "Check out <div class='section'><a href=\"http://google.com\">google.com</a></div>"
+
+      assert parse(text, class: false, rel: false, new_window: false) == expected
+    end
       text = "Check out <div class='section'>google.com</div>"
 
       expected =