diff --git a/cmd/demo/main.go b/cmd/demo/main.go
index 1e4f13f..7a7e74d 100644
--- a/cmd/demo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/demo/main.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	l := wikilink.Lex("debugLexer", `[[#heading]]`)
+	l := wikilink.Lex("debugLexer", `this is a [[wikilink]]`)
 	for _, item := range l.Items {
 		item := item
 		log.Printf("%#+v\n", item)
diff --git a/lexer.go b/lexer.go
index a97bd4b..53c1244 100644
--- a/lexer.go
+++ b/lexer.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func (l *Lexer) emit(t LexemeType) {
 	L := l.L.Named("emit").With(
 		zap.String("item", i.String()),
 	)
-	L.Info("emitting lexeme")
+	L.Debug("emitting lexeme")
 	l.Items = append(l.Items, i)
 	l.SetStart(l.GetPos())
 	/* original concurrent implementation
diff --git a/lexer_test.go b/lexer_test.go
index 8dc33cb..e6c8f35 100644
--- a/lexer_test.go
+++ b/lexer_test.go
@@ -209,16 +209,34 @@ var testCases = []tc{
 	},
 }
 
+func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_LinksStartOfInput(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
+			tc,
+			"",
+			" test data please ignore",
+
+			[]wikilink.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: wikilink.LexText, Val: ""},
+			},
+			[]wikilink.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: wikilink.LexText, Val: " test data please ignore"},
+			},
+		)
+		t.Run(mut.name, test)
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_LinksEndOfInput(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		mut, test := mutateTestCase(tc,
+		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
+			tc,
 			"this is a ",
 			"",
 			[]wikilink.Lexeme{
 				{Typ: wikilink.LexText, Val: "this is a "},
 			},
 			nil,
-			"",
 		)
 		t.Run(mut.name, test)
 	}
@@ -228,7 +246,15 @@ func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_Basic(t *testing.T) {
 	// t.Parallel()
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		mut, test := mutateTestCase(tc, "", "", nil, nil, "")
+		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
+			tc,
+			"",
+			"",
+			[]wikilink.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: wikilink.LexText, Val: ""},
+			},
+			nil,
+		)
 		t.Run(mut.name, test)
 	}
 }
@@ -239,8 +265,7 @@ type tc struct {
 	expected []wikilink.Lexeme
 }
 
-func mutateTestCase(tc tc, prefix, suffix string, expectedPrefix, expectedSuffix []wikilink.Lexeme, name string) (tc, func(t *testing.T)) {
-	tc.name = tc.name + "/" + name
+func mutateTestCase(tc tc, prefix, suffix string, expectedPrefix, expectedSuffix []wikilink.Lexeme) (tc, func(t *testing.T)) {
 	tc.in = prefix + tc.in
 	tc.in = tc.in + suffix
 	if expectedPrefix != nil {
@@ -256,6 +281,7 @@ func mutateTestCase(tc tc, prefix, suffix string, expectedPrefix, expectedSuffix
 		defer l.L.Sync()
 		if len(tc.expected) != len(l.Items) {
 			t.Logf("expected %d tokens, got %d\n", len(tc.expected), len(l.Items))
+			t.Logf("expected items: %#v\n", tc.expected)
 			t.Logf("raw items: %#v\n", l.Items)
 			t.Fail()
 
diff --git a/states.go b/states.go
index 37bf875..7ad8451 100644
--- a/states.go
+++ b/states.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func lexText(l *Lexer) stateFn {
 	for {
 		if isOpenLink(l.input[l.GetPos():]) {
 			L.Debug("found openLink")
+			l.emit(LexText)
 			return lexOpenLink
 		}
 		r := l.next()