diff --git a/src/rss.py b/src/rss.py
index 1a8cfbf..f5dd3e3 100644
--- a/src/rss.py
+++ b/src/rss.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def _is_image_token(token: str, extensions):
 # this is similar to the markup function in microblog
 def enrich_msg(
     lines,
-    is_atom=True,
     accepted_images=[],
     base_url="",
     trailing_punctuation="",
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ def enrich_msg(
             words = line.split()
             for i in range(len(words)):
                 word  = words[i]
+                core = word.rstrip(trailing_punctuation)
                 if word.find("src=") == 0 \
                 or word.find("href=") == 0:
                     continue
@@ -64,14 +64,12 @@ def enrich_msg(
                     w = escape(word)
                     new_word = ("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>") % (w, w)
                     words[i] = new_word
-                elif not is_atom:
-                    core = word.rstrip(trailing_punctuation)
-                    if _is_image_token(core, accepted_images):
-                        suffix = word[len(core):]
-                        abs_url = urljoin(base_url, core)
-                        anchor = f"<a href=\"{escape(abs_url)}\">{escape(abs_url)}</a>"
-                        new_word = anchor + suffix
-                        words[i] = new_word
+                elif _is_image_token(core, accepted_images):
+                    suffix = word[len(core):]
+                    abs_url = urljoin(base_url, core)
+                    anchor = f"<a href=\"{escape(abs_url)}\">{escape(abs_url)}</a>"
+                    new_word = anchor + suffix
+                    words[i] = new_word
             words.insert(0,"<p>")
             words.append("</p>")
             content.append(" ".join(words))
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ def write_feed(posts, filename, params, tagname=None):
         de = " ".join(
             enrich_msg(
                 msg,
-                is_atom=params["use_atom"],
                 base_url=params["url"],
                 accepted_images=params["accepted_images"],
                 trailing_punctuation=params["trailing_punctuation"],