diff --git a/src/utils/markdown.rs b/src/utils/markdown.rs
index 1f99ec1..cdfd12d 100644
--- a/src/utils/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/utils/markdown.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ fn custom_img_size(html: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Fix local images to base64 and integration of markdown files
-fn fix_images_and_integration(path: &str, html: &str) -> (String, Metadata) {
+fn fix_images_and_integration(
+    path: &str,
+    html: &str,
+    metadata_type: MType,
+    recursive: bool,
+) -> (String, Metadata) {
     let mut metadata = Metadata {
         info: MFile::default(),
         math: false,
@@ -125,12 +130,14 @@ fn fix_images_and_integration(path: &str, html: &str) -> (String, Metadata) {
                     let img_path = urlencoding::decode(img_src.join(src).to_str().unwrap())
                         .unwrap()
                         .to_string();
+
                     if let Ok(file) = fs::read_to_string(&img_path) {
                         let mime = mime_guess::from_path(&img_path).first_or_octet_stream();
-                        if mime == "text/markdown" {
+                        if recursive && mime == "text/markdown" {
                             let mut options = get_options();
                             options.extension.footnotes = false;
-                            let data = read_md(&img_path, &file, MType::Generic, Some(options));
+                            let data =
+                                read_md(&img_path, &file, metadata_type, Some(options), false);
                             el.replace(&data.content, ContentType::Html);
 
                             // Store the metadata for later merging
@@ -158,7 +165,13 @@ fn fix_images_and_integration(path: &str, html: &str) -> (String, Metadata) {
 }
 
 /// Transform markdown string to File structure
-pub fn read_md(path: &str, raw_text: &str, metadata_type: MType, options: Option<Options>) -> File {
+pub fn read_md(
+    path: &str,
+    raw_text: &str,
+    metadata_type: MType,
+    options: Option<Options>,
+    recursive: bool,
+) -> File {
     let arena = Arena::new();
 
     let mut opt = options.map_or_else(get_options, |specific_opt| specific_opt);
@@ -181,7 +194,8 @@ pub fn read_md(path: &str, raw_text: &str, metadata_type: MType, options: Option
 
     let children_metadata;
     let mail_obfsucated;
-    (html_content, children_metadata) = fix_images_and_integration(path, &html_content);
+    (html_content, children_metadata) =
+        fix_images_and_integration(path, &html_content, metadata_type, recursive);
     html_content = custom_img_size(&html_content);
     (html_content, mail_obfsucated) = mail_obfuscation(&html_content);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.rs b/src/utils/misc.rs
index 693940c..c9885fd 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.rs
+++ b/src/utils/misc.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn read_file(filename: String, expected_file: MType) -> Option<File> {
         .and_then(|ext| match ext.to_str().unwrap() {
             "pdf" => fs::read(filename).map_or(None, |bytes| Some(read_pdf(bytes))),
             _ => fs::read_to_string(&filename).map_or(None, |text| {
-                Some(read_md(&filename, &text, expected_file, None))
+                Some(read_md(&filename, &text, expected_file, None, true))
             }),
         })
 }