diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 76efe66..42dd8bc 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: tidyRSS
 Type: Package
 Title: Tidy RSS for R
-Version: 1.2.7
+Version: 1.2.8
 Author: Robert Myles McDonnell
 Maintainer: Robert Myles McDonnell <robertmylesmcdonnell@gmail.com>
 Description:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2eebe3e..b56e04a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+tidyRSS v1.2.8 (Release date: 05/03/2019)
+============
+Changes:
+Fix to add proper href links in Atom feeds.
+
 tidyRSS v1.2.7 (Release date: 03/11/2018)
 ============
 Changes:
diff --git a/R/atom_parse.R b/R/atom_parse.R
index 2e5c352..3a76da6 100644
--- a/R/atom_parse.R
+++ b/R/atom_parse.R
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ atom_parse <- function(doc){
 
   res <- tibble::tibble(
     feed_title = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_all(doc, ns = ns, "atom:title")),
-    feed_link = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(doc, ns = ns, "atom:id")),
+    feed_link = xml2::xml_attr(xml2::xml_find_first(doc, ns = ns, "atom:link"),
+                               attr = "href"),
     feed_author = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(doc, ns = ns, "atom:author")),
     feed_last_updated = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(doc, ns = ns, "atom:updated")),
     item_title = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(entries, ns = ns, "atom:title")),
     item_date_updated = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(entries, ns = ns,
                                                             "atom:updated")) %>%
       lubridate::parse_date_time(orders = formats),
-    item_link = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(entries, ns = ns,
-                                                    "atom:id")),
+    item_link = xml2::xml_attr(xml2::xml_find_first(entries, ns = ns,
+                                                     "atom:link"), attr = "href"),
     item_content = xml2::xml_text(xml2::xml_find_first(entries, ns = ns, "atom:content"))
   )