diff --git a/quartz/components/renderPage.tsx b/quartz/components/renderPage.tsx
index 19324f5..e43189d 100644
--- a/quartz/components/renderPage.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/renderPage.tsx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function renderTranscludes(
       const classNames = (node.properties?.className ?? []) as string[]
       if (classNames.includes("transclude")) {
         const inner = node.children[0] as Element
-        const transcludeTarget = inner.properties["data-slug"] as FullSlug
+        const transcludeTarget = (inner.properties["data-slug"] ?? slug) as FullSlug
         const page = componentData.allFiles.find((f) => f.slug === transcludeTarget)
         if (!page) {
           return
diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 5c2f4b2..dada7d4 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
           const [rawFp, rawHeader, rawAlias]: (string | undefined)[] = capture
 
           const [fp, anchor] = splitAnchor(`${rawFp ?? ""}${rawHeader ?? ""}`)
-          const displayAnchor = anchor ? `#${anchor.trim().replace(/^#+/, "")}` : ""
+          const blockRef = Boolean(rawHeader?.startsWith("#^")) ? "^" : ""
+          const displayAnchor = anchor ? `#${blockRef}${anchor.trim().replace(/^#+/, "")}` : ""
           const displayAlias = rawAlias ?? rawHeader?.replace("#", "|") ?? ""
           const embedDisplay = value.startsWith("!") ? "!" : ""
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export const ObsidianFlavoredMarkdown: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>>
                 let [rawFp, rawHeader, rawAlias] = capture
                 const fp = rawFp?.trim() ?? ""
                 const anchor = rawHeader?.trim() ?? ""
-                const alias = rawAlias?.slice(1).trim()
+                const alias = rawAlias?.slice(1).trim() ?? ""
 
                 // embed cases
                 if (value.startsWith("!")) {