diff --git a/scripts/generate.py b/scripts/generate.py
index 6c16b99..571b38e 100644
--- a/scripts/generate.py
+++ b/scripts/generate.py
@@ -578,7 +578,9 @@ def render_text_tokens(tokens, acc, headline, graph):
                         link_target = './' + target_headline.id + '.node.html'
                 else:
                     is_internal_link = False
-                    if not (
+                    if link_target.startswith('orgit-rev'):
+                        raise NonExistingLocalNoteError(link_target, headline)
+                    elif not (
                         link_target.startswith('https://')
                         or link_target.startswith('http://')
                         or link_target.startswith('/')