diff --git a/.changeset/short-mugs-smell.md b/.changeset/short-mugs-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ae1daa9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/short-mugs-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+'myst-to-react': patch
+'myst-demo': patch
+'@myst-theme/providers': patch
+'@myst-theme/jupyter': patch
+'@myst-theme/common': patch
+'@myst-theme/article': patch
+'@myst-theme/site': patch
+'@myst-theme/book': patch
+---
+
+Updates to myst and bug fix for myst-demo (clone for html output).
diff --git a/packages/myst-demo/src/index.tsx b/packages/myst-demo/src/index.tsx
index 7ea73a8bf..d9899831a 100644
--- a/packages/myst-demo/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/myst-demo/src/index.tsx
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ async function parse(
   // Also run some of the transforms, like the links
   const mdastPre = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(mdast));
   visit(mdastPre, (n) => delete n.position);
-  unified().use(linksPlugin, { transformers: linkTransforms }).runSync(mdast);
-  const htmlString = mystToHtml(mdast);
+  const htmlString = mystToHtml(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(mdast)));
   const references = {
     cite: { order: [], data: {} },
     footnotes: {},
@@ -141,6 +140,7 @@ async function parse(
     .use(resolveReferencesPlugin, { state })
     .use(keysPlugin)
     .runSync(mdast as any, file);
+
   const mdastPost = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(mdast));
   visit(mdastPost, (n) => {
     delete n.position;