diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b44c909..3fb9eb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: '2.5'
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.8'
+
       - name: Configure Jekyll
         if: matrix.jekyll-versions != '(GitHub Pages)'
         run: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e76c4bb..bf4677b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,12 +58,17 @@ This snippet is highly customizable. Here are the available parameters to change
 | `ordered`       | bool   | false  | when set to true, an ordered list will be outputted instead of an unordered list |
 | `item_class`    | string | ''     | add custom class for each list item; has support for `%level%` placeholder, which is the current heading level |
 | `submenu_class` | string | ''     | add custom class(es) for each child group of headings; has support for `%level%` placeholder which is the current "submenu" heading level |
-| `baseurl`       | string | ''     | add a base url to the TOC links for when your TOC is on another page than the actual content |
+| `base_url`      | string | ''     | add a base url to the TOC links for when your TOC is on another page than the actual content |
 | `anchor_class`  | string | ''     | add custom class(es) for each anchor element |
-| `skipNoIDs`     | bool   | false  | skip headers that do not have an `id` attribute |
+| `skip_no_ids`   | bool   | false  | skip headers that do not have an `id` attribute |
 
 <sup>*</sup> This is a required parameter
 
+### Deprecated Variables
+
+- `baseurl` has been deprecated since 1.1.0, use `base_url` instead
+- `skipNoIDs` has been deprecated since 1.1.0, use `skip_no_ids` instead
+
 ## Performance
 
 The performance impact of this snippet on your site is pretty negligible. The stats below were gotten from Jekyll's `--profile` option.
diff --git a/_includes/toc.html b/_includes/toc.html
index e6c1cb4..8c71007 100644
--- a/_includes/toc.html
+++ b/_includes/toc.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
     {% endcomment %}
     {% comment %}
-        Version 1.0.14
+        Version 1.1.0
           https://github.com/allejo/jekyll-toc
 
         "...like all things liquid - where there's a will, and ~36 hours to spare, there's usually a/some way" ~jaybe
@@ -44,34 +44,51 @@
             * ordered       (bool)   : false  - when set to true, an ordered list will be outputted instead of an unordered list
             * item_class    (string) :   ''   - add custom class(es) for each list item; has support for '%level%' placeholder, which is the current heading level
             * submenu_class (string) :   ''   - add custom class(es) for each child group of headings; has support for '%level%' placeholder which is the current "submenu" heading level
-            * baseurl       (string) :   ''   - add a base url to the TOC links for when your TOC is on another page than the actual content
+            * base_url      (string) :   ''   - add a base url to the TOC links for when your TOC is on another page than the actual content
             * anchor_class  (string) :   ''   - add custom class(es) for each anchor element
-            * skipNoIDs     (bool)   : false  - skip headers that do not have an `id` attribute
+            * skip_no_ids   (bool)   : false  - skip headers that do not have an `id` attribute
 
         Output:
             An ordered or unordered list representing the table of contents of a markdown block. This snippet will only
             generate the table of contents and will NOT output the markdown given to it
     {% endcomment %}
 
-    {% capture my_toc %}{% endcapture %}
+    {% capture newline %}
+    {% endcapture %}
+    {% assign newline = newline | rstrip %} <!-- Remove the extra spacing but preserve the newline -->
+
+    {% capture deprecation_warnings %}{% endcapture %}
+
+    {% if include.baseurl %}
+        {% capture deprecation_warnings %}{{ deprecation_warnings }}<!-- jekyll-toc :: "baseurl" has been deprecated, use "base_url" instead -->{{ newline }}{% endcapture %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if include.skipNoIDs %}
+        {% capture deprecation_warnings %}{{ deprecation_warnings }}<!-- jekyll-toc :: "skipNoIDs" has been deprecated, use "skip_no_ids" instead -->{{ newline }}{% endcapture %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% capture jekyll_toc %}{% endcapture %}
     {% assign orderedList = include.ordered | default: false %}
-    {% assign skipNoIDs = include.skipNoIDs | default: false %}
+    {% assign baseURL = include.base_url | default: include.baseurl | default: '' %}
+    {% assign skipNoIDs = include.skip_no_ids | default: include.skipNoIDs | default: false %}
     {% assign minHeader = include.h_min | default: 1 %}
     {% assign maxHeader = include.h_max | default: 6 %}
-    {% assign nodes = include.html | split: '<h' %}
+    {% assign nodes = include.html | strip | split: '<h' %}
+
     {% assign firstHeader = true %}
-    {% assign previousLevel = 0 %}
+    {% assign currLevel = 0 %}
+    {% assign lastLevel = 0 %}
 
-    {% capture listModifier %}{% if orderedList %}1.{% else %}-{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
+    {% capture listModifier %}{% if orderedList %}ol{% else %}ul{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
 
     {% for node in nodes %}
         {% if node == "" %}
             {% continue %}
         {% endif %}
 
-        {% assign headerLevel = node | replace: '"', '' | slice: 0, 1 | times: 1 %}
+        {% assign currLevel = node | replace: '"', '' | slice: 0, 1 | times: 1 %}
 
-        {% if headerLevel < minHeader or headerLevel > maxHeader %}
+        {% if currLevel < minHeader or currLevel > maxHeader %}
             {% continue %}
         {% endif %}
 
@@ -79,92 +96,87 @@
 
         {% assign _idWorkspace = _workspace[0] | split: 'id="' %}
         {% assign _idWorkspace = _idWorkspace[1] | split: '"' %}
-        {% assign html_id = _idWorkspace[0] %}
+        {% assign htmlID = _idWorkspace[0] %}
 
         {% assign _classWorkspace = _workspace[0] | split: 'class="' %}
         {% assign _classWorkspace = _classWorkspace[1] | split: '"' %}
-        {% assign html_class = _classWorkspace[0] %}
+        {% assign htmlClass = _classWorkspace[0] %}
 
-        {% if html_class contains "no_toc" %}
+        {% if htmlClass contains "no_toc" %}
             {% continue %}
         {% endif %}
 
         {% if firstHeader %}
-            {% assign firstHeader = false %}
-            {% assign minHeader = headerLevel %}
+            {% assign minHeader = currLevel %}
         {% endif %}
 
         {% capture _hAttrToStrip %}{{ _workspace[0] | split: '>' | first }}>{% endcapture %}
         {% assign header = _workspace[0] | replace: _hAttrToStrip, '' %}
 
-        {% assign indentAmount = headerLevel | minus: minHeader %}
-        {% assign space = '' %}
-        {% for i in (1..indentAmount) %}
-            {% assign space = space | prepend: '    ' %}
-        {% endfor %}
-
         {% if include.item_class and include.item_class != blank %}
-            {% capture listItemClass %}{:.{{ include.item_class | replace: '%level%', headerLevel }}}{% endcapture %}
+            {% capture listItemClass %} class="{{ include.item_class | replace: '%level%', currLevel | split: '.' | join: ' ' }}"{% endcapture %}
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% if include.submenu_class and include.submenu_class != blank %}
+            {% assign subMenuLevel = currLevel | minus: 1 %}
+            {% capture subMenuClass %} class="{{ include.submenu_class | replace: '%level%', subMenuLevel | split: '.' | join: ' ' }}"{% endcapture %}
         {% endif %}
 
-        {% capture anchor_body %}{% if include.sanitize %}{{ header | strip_html }}{% else %}{{ header }}{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
-        {% capture anchor_body %}{{ anchor_body | replace: "|", "\|" }}{% endcapture %}
+        {% capture anchorBody %}{% if include.sanitize %}{{ header | strip_html }}{% else %}{{ header }}{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
+
+        {% if htmlID %}
+            {% capture anchorAttributes %} href="{% if baseURL %}{{ baseURL }}{% endif %}#{{ htmlID }}"{% endcapture %}
+
+            {% if include.anchor_class %}
+                {% capture anchorAttributes %}{{ anchorAttributes }} class="{{ include.anchor_class | split: '.' | join: ' ' }}"{% endcapture %}
+            {% endif %}
 
-        {% if html_id %}
-            {% capture list_item %}[{{ anchor_body }}]({% if include.baseurl %}{{ include.baseurl }}{% endif %}#{{ html_id }}){% endcapture %}
+            {% capture listItem %}<a{{ anchorAttributes }}>{{ anchorBody }}</a>{% endcapture %}
         {% elsif skipNoIDs == true %}
             {% continue %}
         {% else %}
-            {% capture list_item %}{{ anchor_body }}{% endcapture %}
+            {% capture listItem %}{{ anchorBody }}{% endcapture %}
         {% endif %}
 
-        <!--
-        If we have a submenu class and we're unindenting, then we need to add a "closing" class to this group of bullet
-        points
-        -->
-        {% if include.submenu_class and previousLevel > indentAmount %}
-            <!--
-            `space` is the current indentation, so we if want to close off the previous grouping, we need to add one
-            more level of indentation 
-            -->
-            {% assign submenuIndentation = space | prepend: '    ' %}
-
-            {% capture my_toc %}{{ my_toc }}
-{{ submenuIndentation }}{:.{{ include.submenu_class | replace: '%level%', previousLevel }}}{% endcapture %}
+        {% if currLevel > lastLevel %}
+            {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}<{{ listModifier }}{{ subMenuClass }}>{% endcapture %}
+        {% elsif currLevel < lastLevel %}
+            {% assign repeatCount = lastLevel | minus: currLevel %}
+
+            {% for i in (1..repeatCount) %}
+                {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}</li></{{ listModifier }}>{% endcapture %}
+            {% endfor %}
+
+            {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}</li>{% endcapture %}
+        {% else %}
+            {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}</li>{% endcapture %}
         {% endif %}
 
-        {% capture my_toc %}{{ my_toc }}
-{{ space }}{{ listModifier }} {{ listItemClass }} {{ list_item }}{% if include.anchor_class %}{:.{{ include.anchor_class }}}{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
+        {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}<li{{ listItemClass }}>{{ listItem }}{% endcapture %}
 
-        {% assign previousLevel = indentAmount %}
+        {% assign lastLevel = currLevel %}
+        {% assign firstHeader = false %}
     {% endfor %}
 
-    {% if include.class and include.class != blank %}
-        {% capture my_toc %}{:.{{ include.class }}}
-{{ my_toc | lstrip }}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif %}
+    {% assign repeatCount = minHeader | minus: 1 %}
+    {% assign repeatCount = lastLevel | minus: repeatCount %}
+    {% for i in (1..repeatCount) %}
+        {% capture jekyll_toc %}{{ jekyll_toc }}</li></{{ listModifier }}>{% endcapture %}
+    {% endfor %}
 
-    {% if include.id %}
-        {% capture my_toc %}{: #{{ include.id }}}
-{{ my_toc | lstrip }}{% endcapture %}
-    {% endif %}
+    {% if jekyll_toc != '' %}
+        {% assign rootAttributes = '' %}
+        {% if include.class and include.class != blank %}
+            {% capture rootAttributes %} class="{{ include.class | split: '.' | join: ' ' }}"{% endcapture %}
+        {% endif %}
 
-    <!--
-    If we have a submenu class, we need to close off all the remaining list item groups so that submenu classes are
-    applied correctly to them
-    -->
-    {% if include.submenu_class != blank %}
-        <!-- The last level of indentation that we were at, we need to work backwards from there closing each group -->
-        {% for i in (1..previousLevel) %}
-            {% assign lvl = previousLevel | plus: 1 | minus: i %} <!-- Invert the indent level based on `i` -->
-            {% assign closingSpace = '' %}
-
-            {% for i in (1..lvl) %}
-                {% assign closingSpace = closingSpace | prepend: '    ' %}
-            {% endfor %}
+        {% if include.id and include.id != blank %}
+            {% capture rootAttributes %}{{ rootAttributes }} id="{{ include.id }}"{% endcapture %}
+        {% endif %}
 
-            {% capture my_toc %}{{ my_toc }}
-{{ closingSpace }}{:.{{ include.submenu_class | replace: '%level%', lvl }}}{% endcapture %}
-        {% endfor %}
+        {% if rootAttributes %}
+            {% assign nodes = jekyll_toc | split: '>' %}
+            {% capture jekyll_toc %}<{{ listModifier }}{{ rootAttributes }}>{{ nodes | shift | join: '>' }}>{% endcapture %}
+        {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
-{% endcapture %}{% assign tocWorkspace = '' %}{{ my_toc | markdownify | strip }}
+{% endcapture %}{% assign tocWorkspace = '' %}{{ deprecation_warnings }}{{ jekyll_toc }}
diff --git a/_tests/base_url-deprecated.md b/_tests/base_url-deprecated.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40ec785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_tests/base_url-deprecated.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+---
+
+{% capture markdown %}
+# Heading 1
+{% endcapture %}
+{% assign text = markdown | markdownify %}
+
+{% include toc.html html=text baseurl="example.org" %}
+
+<!-- /// -->
+
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="example.org#heading-1">Heading 1</a></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/_tests/base_url.md b/_tests/base_url.md
index 40ec785..282f376 100644
--- a/_tests/base_url.md
+++ b/_tests/base_url.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 {% endcapture %}
 {% assign text = markdown | markdownify %}
 
-{% include toc.html html=text baseurl="example.org" %}
+{% include toc.html html=text base_url="example.org" %}
 
 <!-- /// -->
 
diff --git a/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs-Deprecated.md b/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs-Deprecated.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e90cd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs-Deprecated.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+# https://github.com/allejo/jekyll-toc/issues/32
+---
+
+{% capture markdown %}
+## Sample Usage
+
+<div>
+  <h1 class="page-title">My Awesome Example Page</h1>
+  <h2 class="page-subtitle">With an awesome subtitle</h2>
+  <a href='/' id="dummy-link">Dummy Link</a>
+</div>
+
+### Known Problems
+
+Lots!
+
+### Resources
+
+#### Paid
+
+#### Free
+{% endcapture %}
+{% assign text = markdown | markdownify %}
+
+{% include toc.html html=text skipNoIDs=true %}
+
+<!-- /// -->
+
+<ul>
+    <li>
+        <a href="#sample-usage">Sample Usage</a>
+        <ul>
+            <li>
+                <a href="#known-problems">Known Problems</a>
+            </li>
+            <li>
+                <a href="#resources">Resources</a>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>
+                        <a href="#paid">Paid</a>
+                    </li>
+                    <li>
+                        <a href="#free">Free</a>
+                    </li>
+                </ul>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs.md b/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs.md
index e90cd7f..52aea43 100644
--- a/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs.md
+++ b/_tests/skipHeadingsWithNoIDs.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Lots!
 {% endcapture %}
 {% assign text = markdown | markdownify %}
 
-{% include toc.html html=text skipNoIDs=true %}
+{% include toc.html html=text skip_no_ids=true %}
 
 <!-- /// -->
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index edbadbe..24787f2 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import unittest
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-class TestSequense(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestSequence(unittest.TestCase):
     pass
 
 def test_generator(a, b):
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ def test(self):
         self.assertEqual(a, b)
     return test
 
-def normalize_xml(xml):
-    tree = ET.fromstring(xml)
-    return re.sub('\\n\s+', '', ET.tostring(tree))
+def normalize_xml(xml, test_file):
+    try:
+        tree = ET.fromstring(xml)
+    except:
+        print(f">> Invalid XML in {test_file}")
+        raise
+
+    return re.sub(r'(\\n|\n)\s*', '', str(ET.tostring(tree)), 0, re.MULTILINE)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '_site', 'tests')
@@ -22,12 +27,12 @@ def normalize_xml(xml):
         path = os.path.join(test_path, test_file)
         with open(path, 'r') as file:
             actual, expected = file.read().split('<!-- /// -->')
-            actual = normalize_xml(actual)
-            expected = normalize_xml(expected)
+            actual = normalize_xml(actual, test_file)
+            expected = normalize_xml(expected, test_file)
 
-            # Add the unit test to our TestSequense
+            # Add the unit test to our TestSequence
             test_name = 'test_{}'.format(test_file)
             test = test_generator(actual, expected)
-            setattr(TestSequense, test_name, test)
+            setattr(TestSequence, test_name, test)
 
     unittest.main()