diff --git a/dumpwiki.py b/dumpwiki.py
index 601d692..522470d 100644
--- a/dumpwiki.py
+++ b/dumpwiki.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from mwclient import Site
 from pprint import pprint
 from jinja2 import Template
 from functions import unpack_response, clean_dir, remove_nonwords
-
+import html5lib
 from functions import Colors
 import argparse
 
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ def filenameforpage(p):
     f=p.name.replace(' ','_').replace('/', SLASH) + '.html'
     return f
 
+def rewritelinks (html)
+    t = html5lib.parseFragment(html, treebuilder="etree", namespaceHTMLElements=False)
+    for a in t.findall(".//*[@href]"):
+        linkclass = a.attrib.get("class", "")
+        href = a.attrib.get("href")
+        if "external" in linkclass:
+            # leave external links alone
+            continue
+        print ("LINK", href)
+        # a.attrib['href'] = new_href
+
 publish=site.Categories['Publish']
 for cat in publish.members():
     if cat.namespace!=14: