diff --git a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
index f4bf6db02..a18e54e3e 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/emitters/contentIndex.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ interface Options {
 const defaultOptions: Options = {
   enableSiteMap: true,
   enableRSS: true,
-  includeEmptyFiles: false,
+  includeEmptyFiles: true,
 }
 
 function generateSiteMap(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, idx: ContentIndex): string {
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 7d992722b..f8da36c4d 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,17 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options> | undefined> =
                     dest,
                     transformOptions,
                   )
-                  const url = new URL(dest, `https://base.com/${curSlug}`)
+
+                  // url.resolve is considered legacy
+                  // WHATWG equivalent https://nodejs.dev/en/api/v18/url/#urlresolvefrom-to
+                  const url = new URL(dest, `resolve://${curSlug}`)
                   const canonicalDest = url.pathname
                   const [destCanonical, _destAnchor] = splitAnchor(canonicalDest)
-                  const simple = decodeURI(simplifySlug(destCanonical as FullSlug)) as SimpleSlug
 
+                  // need to decodeURIComponent here as WHATWG URL percent-encodes everything
+                  const simple = decodeURIComponent(
+                    simplifySlug(destCanonical as FullSlug),
+                  ) as SimpleSlug
                   outgoing.add(simple)
                 }
 
diff --git a/quartz/util/path.ts b/quartz/util/path.ts
index d14b827df..1557c1bd5 100644
--- a/quartz/util/path.ts
+++ b/quartz/util/path.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function slugifyFilePath(fp: FilePath, excludeExt?: boolean): FullSlug {
 
   let slug = withoutFileExt
     .split("/")
-    .map((segment) => segment.replace(/\s/g, "-")) // slugify all segments
+    .map((segment) => segment.replace(/\s/g, "-").replace(/%/g, "-percent")) // slugify all segments
     .join("/") // always use / as sep
     .replace(/\/$/, "") // remove trailing slash