diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fcfbd3b..0be252e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = linkcheckmd
-version = 1.1.1
+version = 1.1.2
 author = Michael Hirsch, Ph.D.
 author_email = scivision@users.noreply.github.com
 url = https://github.com/scivision/linkchecker-markdown
diff --git a/src/linkcheckmd/base.py b/src/linkcheckmd/base.py
index 6f6d817..43e27a0 100644
--- a/src/linkcheckmd/base.py
+++ b/src/linkcheckmd/base.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def check_local(path: Path, ext: str) -> T.Iterable[T.Tuple[str, str]]:
                 if {"/", "."}.intersection(url.strip("/")):
                     continue
                 yield fn.name, url
+                continue
 
             if {"/", "."}.intersection(url.strip("/")):
                 continue
diff --git a/src/linkcheckmd/tests/badlink.md b/src/linkcheckmd/tests/badlink.md
index 0e7a8bf..8c6a5e6 100644
--- a/src/linkcheckmd/tests/badlink.md
+++ b/src/linkcheckmd/tests/badlink.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 [bad root link](https://github.invalid)
 [bad full link](http://github.invalid/foo/index.html)
-github.invalid
\ No newline at end of file
+github.invalid
+
+[local self link](/badlink)
+[local bad link](/notexist)
+[local ignored](/foo.txt)
+[local bad format](notexist)
+[local tag](/tag/foo)
+[local id](#foo)
diff --git a/src/linkcheckmd/tests/test_script.py b/src/linkcheckmd/tests/test_script.py
index ffaa640..eeb9f55 100644
--- a/src/linkcheckmd/tests/test_script.py
+++ b/src/linkcheckmd/tests/test_script.py
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 Rs = R.parents[1]
 
 
+def test_local():
+    path = R / "badlink.md"
+    urls = list(lc.check_local(path, ext=".md"))
+    assert len(urls) == 2
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "mode,path", [("sync", R), ("sync", R / "badlink.md"), ("coro", R), ("coro", R / "badlink.md")]
 )