diff --git a/qsgen2 b/qsgen2
index 76efea9..9239011 100755
--- a/qsgen2
+++ b/qsgen2
@@ -339,15 +339,15 @@ function _pages() {
         
         # Look for links, images and videos and convert them if present.
         if (${debug}) echo "_pages: Checking for #link, #showimg and #ytvideo in page_content"
-        if [[ $( grep \#link ${page_content} > /dev/null ) ]]; then
+        if [[ $( echo ${page_content} | grep \#link ) ]]; then
             echo "If #link is present, run _link: page_content"
             page_content=$( _link "${page_content}" )
         fi
-        if [[ $( grep \#showimg ${page_content} > /dev/null ) ]]; then
+        if [[ $( echo ${page_content} | grep \#showimg ) ]]; then
             echo "If #showimg is present, run _image: page_content"
             page_content=$( _image "${page_content}" )
         fi
-        if [[ $( grep \#ytvideo ${page_content} > /dev/null ) ]]; then
+        if [[ $( echo ${page_content} | grep \#ytvideo ) ]]; then
             echo "If #ytvideo is present, run _youtube: page_content"
             page_content=$( _youtube "${page_content}" )
         fi