diff --git a/lektor_pythonmarkdown.py b/lektor_pythonmarkdown.py
index ddec0b21509f2578a7e1693476c0feccd1ea8213..9028d5b320b11617e7ba4eaaa484b8e639690d01 100644
--- a/lektor_pythonmarkdown.py
+++ b/lektor_pythonmarkdown.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from markdown.inlinepatterns import LinkPattern
 import types
 from weakref import ref as weakref
 
-from lektor.context import get_ctx, url_to
+from lektor.context import get_ctx
 from lektor.pluginsystem import Plugin
 from lektor.types import Type
 from lektor.utils import bool_from_string
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from markupsafe import Markup
 from werkzeug.urls import url_parse
 
 
+
 SECTION_EXTENSIONS = "extensions"
 SECTION_MARKDOWN = "markdown"
 DEFAULT_EXTENTIONS = {
@@ -29,13 +30,11 @@ def sanitize_url(self, link):
     """
     Patched function to resolve the url using Lektor.
     """
-    try:
+    if get_ctx() and get_ctx().record is not None:
         url = url_parse(link)
         if not url.scheme:
-            link = url_to(link)
-    except:
-        # Do not fail if something went wrong during the url parsing.
-        pass
+            link = get_ctx().record.url_to(link,
+                                      base_url=get_ctx().base_url)
     return LinkPattern.sanitize_url(self, link)