diff --git a/quartz/components/Footer.tsx b/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
index b86fa9af0..4267c7076 100644
--- a/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ export default ((opts?: Options) => {
     const links = opts?.links ?? []
     return (
       <footer class={`${displayClass ?? ""}`}>
+        <p>
+          Автор: <a href="https://mark.struchkov.dev">Стручков Марк</a>, если не указано иное. © {year}
+        </p>
         <ul>
           {Object.entries(links).map(([text, link]) => (
             <li>
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 38bc0dc5d..31de951c0 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -60,28 +60,6 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
                 const isExternal = isAbsoluteUrl(dest)
                 classes.push(isExternal ? "external" : "internal")
 
-                if (isExternal && opts.externalLinkIcon) {
-                  node.children.push({
-                    type: "element",
-                    tagName: "svg",
-                    properties: {
-                      "aria-hidden": "true",
-                      class: "external-icon",
-                      viewBox: "0 0 512 512",
-                    },
-                    children: [
-                      {
-                        type: "element",
-                        tagName: "path",
-                        properties: {
-                          d: "M320 0H288V64h32 82.7L201.4 265.4 178.7 288 224 333.3l22.6-22.6L448 109.3V192v32h64V192 32 0H480 320zM32 32H0V64 480v32H32 456h32V480 352 320H424v32 96H64V96h96 32V32H160 32z",
-                        },
-                        children: [],
-                      },
-                    ],
-                  })
-                }
-
                 // Check if the link has alias text
                 if (
                   node.children.length === 1 &&
diff --git a/quartz/styles/base.scss b/quartz/styles/base.scss
index 3b3ead7c3..20c04f061 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/base.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/base.scss
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@ a {
     }
   }
 
-  &.external .external-icon {
-    height: 1ex;
-    margin: 0 0.15em;
-
-    > path {
-      fill: var(--dark);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 .desktop-only {
diff --git a/quartz/styles/custom.scss b/quartz/styles/custom.scss
index b0c09dcb9..7ba9d918a 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/custom.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/custom.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 @use "./base.scss";
 
-// put your custom CSS here!
+a[href^=http]:not([href*=pmcf\.xyz]):after {
+  content: " ↗"
+}
+
+a.external {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}