diff --git a/src/Lexer.hs b/src/Lexer.hs
index abced93..e12324b 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.hs
+++ b/src/Lexer.hs
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ data Token
     | EOF
     deriving (Eq, Show)
 
+located :: Parser a -> Parser (SourcePos, a)
+located p = (,) <$> getPosition <*> p
+
+startPosition :: Parser a -> Parser SourcePos
+startPosition = fmap fst . located
+
+tokenise :: [Parser a] -> Parser [(SourcePos, a)]
+tokenise = sequence . map located
+
 lexer :: String -> Either ParseError [LocatedToken]
 lexer = Parsec.runParser lexText initialParserState "input" . Text.pack
 
@@ -175,12 +184,6 @@ anchors = do
   where
     anchor' = (string "#" <|> string "\\#")
 
-located :: Parser a -> Parser (SourcePos, a)
-located p = (,) <$> getPosition <*> p
-
-startPosition :: Parser a -> Parser SourcePos
-startPosition = fmap fst . located
-
 -- "Module.Name"
 -- "Module.Name#anchor"
 -- "Module.Name\#anchor" -- this has been deprecated for 9 years, thanks Ben
@@ -208,27 +211,14 @@ modules = do
     conChar = satisfy (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c == '_')
 
 linkRaw :: Lexer
-linkRaw = do
-    pos1 <- getPosition
-    void $ string "["
-    pos2 <- getPosition
-    text <- anyUntil $ Text.pack <$> string "]"
-    pos3 <- getPosition
-    void $ "]"
-    pos4 <- getPosition
-    void $ "("
-    pos5 <- getPosition
-    link' <- anyUntil $ Text.pack <$> string ")"
-    pos6 <- getPosition
-    void $ ")"
-
-    pure $
-        [ (pos1, BracketOpen)
-        , (pos2, Token text)
-        , (pos3, BracketClose)
-        , (pos4, ParenOpen)
-        , (pos5, Token link')
-        , (pos6, ParenClose)
+linkRaw =
+    tokenise
+        [ BracketOpen <$ "["
+        , Token <$> anyUntil "]"
+        , BracketClose <$ "]"
+        , ParenOpen <$ "("
+        , Token <$> anyUntil ")"
+        , ParenClose <$ ")"
         ]
 
 link :: Lexer