diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ln -s ~/dev/JuliaFEM .
 
 Use of UTF-8 characters in program code
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-We have decided not to use them. See issue #18.
+We have decided not to use them. [See issue #18](https://github.com/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl/issues/18).
 
 Supported Julia versions
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Build Status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl)
 
-Code Coverage: [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl?branch=master)
+Code Coverage: [![Coverage Status](http://coveralls.io/repos/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/JuliaFEM/JuliaFEM.jl?branch=master)
 
 Documentation: [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/juliafem/badge/?version=latest)](https://readthedocs.org/projects/juliafem/?badge=latest)