diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 9ef9f2c..b233719 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -263,37 +263,43 @@ async function getGithubIssue(repo, closeOriginal) {
   // Otherwise Kamino will not function
   await ajaxRequest('PATCH', { has_issues: true, name: repoName }, `${githubApiUrl}repos/${repo}`)
 
-  const response = await ajaxRequest(
+  const issue = await ajaxRequest(
     'GET',
     '',
     `${githubApiUrl}repos/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}`
   )
 
-  const newIssue = {
-    title: response.data.title,
-    body: `From ${currentRepo} created by [${response.data.user.login}](${response.data.user.html_url}): ${organization}/${currentRepo}#${issueNumber}  \n\n${response.data.body}`,
-    labels: response.data.labels,
-  }
-
-  await createGithubIssue(newIssue, repo, closeOriginal)
+  await createGithubIssue(repo, issue.data, closeOriginal)
 }
 
-async function createGithubIssue(newIssue, repo, closeOriginal) {
+async function createGithubIssue(repo, oldIssue, closeOriginal) {
   const { currentRepo, error, issueNumber, organization } = populateUrlMetadata(document.location.href)
 
   if (error) {
     return
   }
 
-  const response = await ajaxRequest('POST', newIssue, `${githubApiUrl}repos/${repo}/issues`)
+  chrome.storage.sync.get({ preventReferences: false }, async (item) => {
+    const newIssueBody = `From ${currentRepo} created by [${oldIssue.user.login}](${oldIssue.user.html_url}): [${organization}/${currentRepo}#${issueNumber}](https://github.com/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}) \n\n${oldIssue.body}`
+    const newIssue = {
+      title: oldIssue.title,
+      body: item.preventReferences ? preventReferences(newIssueBody) : newIssueBody,
+      labels: oldIssue.labels,
+    }
+    const response = await ajaxRequest('POST', newIssue, `${githubApiUrl}repos/${repo}/issues`)
+    await cloneOldIssueComments(
+      response.data.number,
+      repo,
+      `${githubApiUrl}repos/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments?per_page=100`
+    )
 
-  await cloneOldIssueComments(
-    response.data.number,
-    repo,
-    `${githubApiUrl}repos/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments?per_page=100`
-  )
+    await commentOnIssue(repo, response.data, closeOriginal)
+  })
+}
 
-  await commentOnIssue(repo, response.data, closeOriginal)
+function preventReferences(text) {
+  // replace "github.com" links with "www.github.com" links, which do not cause references on the original issue due to the "www" (see https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/23123#discussioncomment-3239240)
+  return text.replace(/https:\/\/github.com\//gi, 'https://www.github.com/')
 }
 
 async function cloneOldIssueComments(newIssue, repo, url) {
@@ -302,6 +308,7 @@ async function cloneOldIssueComments(newIssue, repo, url) {
   chrome.storage.sync.get(
     {
       cloneComments: false,
+      preventReferences: false,
     },
     (item) => {
       if (!item.cloneComments) {
@@ -315,7 +322,7 @@ async function cloneOldIssueComments(newIssue, repo, url) {
       response.data.reduce(async (previous, current) => {
         await previous
         const comment = {
-          body: current.body,
+          body: item.preventReferences ? preventReferences(current.body) : current.body,
         }
         return ajaxRequest('POST', comment, `${githubApiUrl}repos/${repo}/issues/${newIssue}/comments`)
       }, Promise.resolve())
diff --git a/batch.js b/batch.js
index 024a996..ea9c024 100644
--- a/batch.js
+++ b/batch.js
@@ -277,32 +277,40 @@ async function getGithubIssue(destinationRepo, issueNumber, closeOriginal) {
     `https://api.github.com/repos/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}`
   )
 
-  // build new issue
-  const newIssue = {
-    title: issue.data.title,
-    body: `From ${currentRepo} created by [${issue.data.user.login}](${issue.data.user.html_url}): ${urlObj.organization}/${urlObj.currentRepo}#${issueNumber}  \n\n${issue.data.body}`,
-    labels: issue.data.labels,
-  }
   updateMessageText(`Creating issue #${issueNumber} at ${destinationRepo}`)
 
-  await createGithubIssue(newIssue, destinationRepo, issue.data, closeOriginal)
+  await createGithubIssue(destinationRepo, issue.data, closeOriginal)
 }
 
 // create the cloned GitHub issue
-async function createGithubIssue(newIssue, repo, oldIssue, closeOriginal) {
-  const urlObj = populateUrlMetadata()
+async function createGithubIssue(repo, oldIssue, closeOriginal) {
+  const { currentRepo, error, issueNumber, organization } = populateUrlMetadata()
+
+  if (error) {
+    return
+  }
 
-  const response = await ajaxRequest('POST', newIssue, `https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}/issues`)
+  chrome.storage.sync.get({ preventReferences: false }, async (item) => {
+    const newIssueBody = `From ${currentRepo} created by [${oldIssue.user.login}](${oldIssue.user.html_url}): [${organization}/${currentRepo}#${issueNumber}](https://github.com/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}) \n\n${oldIssue.body}`
+    const newIssue = {
+      title: oldIssue.title,
+      body: item.preventReferences ? preventReferences(newIssueBody) : newIssueBody,
+      labels: oldIssue.labels,
+    }
+    const response = await ajaxRequest('POST', newIssue, `${githubApiUrl}repos/${repo}/issues`)
+    await cloneOldIssueComments(
+      response.data.number,
+      repo,
+      `${githubApiUrl}repos/${organization}/${currentRepo}/issues/${issueNumber}/comments?per_page=100`
+    )
 
-  // clone comments from old issue to new issue
-  await cloneOldIssueComments(
-    response.data.number,
-    repo,
-    `https://api.github.com/repos/${urlObj.organization}/${urlObj.currentRepo}/issues/${oldIssue.number}/comments?per_page=100`
-  )
+    await commentOnIssue(repo, response.data, closeOriginal)
+  })
+}
 
-  // add a comment to the closed issue
-  commentOnIssue(repo, oldIssue, response.data, closeOriginal)
+function preventReferences(text) {
+  // replace "github.com" links with "www.github.com" links, which do not cause references on the original issue due to the "www" (see https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/23123#discussioncomment-3239240)
+  return text.replace(/https:\/\/github.com\//gi, 'https://www.github.com/')
 }
 
 async function cloneOldIssueComments(newIssue, repo, url) {
diff --git a/options.html b/options.html
index 216b112..2432b84 100644
--- a/options.html
+++ b/options.html
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ <h2 id="generaloptions">General Settings</h2>
               on original issue</label
             >
           </div>
+
+          <div class="checkbox">
+            <label
+              ><input class="me-2" type="checkbox" id="prevent-references" />Prevent references to cloned issue on
+              original issue (using
+              <a href="https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/23123#discussioncomment-3239240"
+                >this hacky method</a
+              >)</label
+            >
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <p class="mt-2">
diff --git a/options.js b/options.js
index e3f595e..5b69d35 100644
--- a/options.js
+++ b/options.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function save_options() {
   const createTab = document.getElementById('create-tab').checked
   const cloneComments = document.getElementById('clone-comments').checked
   const disableCommentsOnOriginal = document.getElementById('disable-comment-on-original').checked
+  const preventReferences = document.getElementById('prevent-references').checked
 
   chrome.storage.sync.set(
     {
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ function save_options() {
       createTab,
       cloneComments,
       disableCommentsOnOriginal,
+      preventReferences,
     },
     function () {
       // Update status to let user know options were saved.
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ function restore_options() {
       createTab: true,
       cloneComments: false,
       disableCommentsOnOriginal: false,
+      preventReferences: false,
     },
     function (items) {
       document.getElementById('github-pat').value = items.githubToken
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ function restore_options() {
       document.getElementById('create-tab').checked = items.createTab
       document.getElementById('clone-comments').checked = items.cloneComments
       document.getElementById('disable-comment-on-original').checked = items.disableCommentsOnOriginal
+      document.getElementById('prevent-references').checked = items.preventReferences
     }
   )
 }