diff --git a/assets/css/bobastyle.css b/assets/css/bobastyle.css
index f2d0dd4..1a7ad4d 100644
--- a/assets/css/bobastyle.css
+++ b/assets/css/bobastyle.css
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@
   color: inherit;
 }
 
+/* this took too much work but doesn't quite fit the theme
+.section-header {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.section-header a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.section-header-link {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: -30px;
+}
+*/
+
 
 
 /* Content formatting */
diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-heading.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-heading.html
index 6740666..012c920 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-heading.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-heading.html
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <h{{ .Level }} id="{{ .Anchor | safeURL }}" class="section-header">
     <a href="#{{ .Anchor | safeURL }}">
+        {{/* this took too much work but doesn't quite fit the theme
+        <span class="section-header-link">
+            {{ partial "icon.html" "link" }}
+        */}}
+        </span>
         {{ .Text | safeHTML }}
     </a>
 </h{{ .Level }}>