diff --git a/Parsedown.php b/Parsedown.php
index 0695c6f..0dbf40c 100644
--- a/Parsedown.php
+++ b/Parsedown.php
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected $urlsLinked = true;
 
-    function setSafeLinksEnabled($safeLinksEnabled)
+    function setSafeMode($safeMode)
     {
-        $this->safeLinksEnabled = $safeLinksEnabled;
+        $this->safeMode = (bool) $safeMode;
 
         return $this;
     }
 
-    protected $safeLinksEnabled = true;
+    protected $safeMode;
 
     protected $safeLinksWhitelist = array(
         'http://',
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected function blockComment($Line)
     {
-        if ($this->markupEscaped)
+        if ($this->markupEscaped or $this->safeMode)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected function blockMarkup($Line)
     {
-        if ($this->markupEscaped)
+        if ($this->markupEscaped or $this->safeMode)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected function inlineMarkup($Excerpt)
     {
-        if ($this->markupEscaped or strpos($Excerpt['text'], '>') === false)
+        if ($this->markupEscaped or $this->safeMode or strpos($Excerpt['text'], '>') === false)
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ class Parsedown
 
     protected function filterUnsafeUrlInAttribute(array $Element, $attribute)
     {
-        if ($this->safeLinksEnabled)
+        if ($this->safeMode)
         {
             foreach ($this->safeLinksWhitelist as $scheme)
             {
diff --git a/test/ParsedownTest.php b/test/ParsedownTest.php
index 5fbf7f1..c7e3a82 100644
--- a/test/ParsedownTest.php
+++ b/test/ParsedownTest.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ParsedownTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $expectedMarkup = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $expectedMarkup);
         $expectedMarkup = str_replace("\r", "\n", $expectedMarkup);
 
-        $this->Parsedown->setMarkupEscaped($test === 'xss_text_encoding');
+        $this->Parsedown->setSafeMode(substr($test, 0, 3) === 'xss');
 
         $actualMarkup = $this->Parsedown->text($markdown);
 
diff --git a/test/data/inline_link.html b/test/data/inline_link.html
index 7a3131b..cef29cf 100644
--- a/test/data/inline_link.html
+++ b/test/data/inline_link.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p><a href="http://example.com">link</a></p>
-<p><a href="/url-%28parentheses%29">link</a> with parentheses in URL </p>
+<p><a href="/url-(parentheses)">link</a> with parentheses in URL </p>
 <p>(<a href="/index.php">link</a>) in parentheses</p>
 <p><a href="http://example.com"><code>link</code></a></p>
 <p><a href="http://example.com"><img src="http://parsedown.org/md.png" alt="MD Logo" /></a></p>